Quotes by Alfred Victor Vigny
| Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age. |
| Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom. |
| Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you. |
| The true God, the mighty God, is the God of ideas. |
| Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus. |
| Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind. |
