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 VignyWe live in an age of universal investigation, and of exploration of the sources of all movements.
Alfred de VignyFainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.
Alfred de VignyDo you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?
Alfred de Vigny