2 Quotes by Vicomte De Chateaubriand

  • Author Vicomte De Chateaubriand
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    Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

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  • Author Vicomte De Chateaubriand
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    Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.

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