Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.
—Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.
—Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
Topics: Greatness
The army is a good book in which to study human life.—One learns there to put his hand to everything.—The most delicate and rich are forced to see poverty and live with it; to understand distress; and to know how rapid and great are the revolutions and changes of life.
—Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
Topics: Army
An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.
—Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
Topics: Army
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