On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

- Alfred De Vigny

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

- Alfred De Vigny

Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.

- Alfred De Vigny

We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the l…

- Alfred De Vigny

Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?

- Alfred De Vigny

Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.

- Alfred De Vigny

Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

- Alfred De Vigny

History is a novel for which the people is the author.

- Alfred De Vigny

The events I sought were never as great as I needed them to be.

- Alfred De Vigny