But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity. Alfred de Vigny eternitylifephilosophy Change image and share on social
One might almost reckon mathematically that, having undergone the double composition of public opinion and of the author, their history reaches us at third hand and is thus separated by two stages from the original fact. Alfred de Vigny authorcompositiondouble share on social
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction? Alfred de Vigny assumechrysalisdegree Change image and share on social
The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be visible only to the eye of God, until the end, which will reveal it perhaps to the last man. Alfred de Vigny actcoherentdoubtless share on social
The study of social progress is today not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart. Alfred de Vigny analysishearthuman Change image and share on social
The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch. Alfred de Vigny carecharacterepoch Change image and share on social
On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born. Alfred de Vigny beardayhistory Change image and share on social
No writer, no matter how gifted, immortalizes himself unless he has crystallized into expressive and original phrase the eternal sentiments and yearnings of the human heart. Alfred de Vigny crystallizeeternalexpressive Change image and share on social
Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy? Alfred de Vigny actionbirthcloudy share on social
I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in. Alfred de Vigny adaptationcapacitychain share on social
