2 Quotes by Vicomte De Chateaubriand

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

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.