CINQ MARS



By Alfred de Vigny





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A cat is a very fine animal.  It is adrawing-room tigerA queen's country is where her throneisAdopted fact is always better composedthan the real oneAdvantage that a calm temper gives oneover menAll that he said, I had already thoughtAlways the first word which is the mostdifficult to sayAmbition is the saddest of all hopesArt is the chosen truthArtificialities of style of that periodArtistic Truth, more lofty than theTrueAs Homer says, "smiling under tears"Assume with others the mien they woretoward himBut how avenge one's self on silence?Dare now to be silent when I have toldyou these thingsDaylight is detrimental to themDeny the spirit of self-sacrificeDifference which I find between Truthin art and the True in facDoubt, the greatest misery of loveFriendship exists only in independenceand a kind of equalityHappy is he who does not outlive hisyouthHatred of everything which is superiorto myselfHe did not blush to be a man, and hespoke to men with forceHermits can not refrain from inquiringwhat men say of themHistory too was a work of artI have burned all the bridges behind meIn pitying me he forgot himselfIn every age we laugh at the costume ofour fathersIn times like these we must see all andsay allIt is not now what it used to beIt is too true that virtue also has itsblushLofty ideal of woman and of loveMen are weak, and there are thingswhich women must accomplishMoney is not a common thing betweengentlemen like you and meMonsieur, I know that I have lived toolongNeither idealist nor realistNever interfered in what did notconcern himNo writer had more dislike of merepedantryOffices will end by rendering greatnames vilePrinces ought never to be struck,except on the headPrincesses ceded like a town, and mustnot even weepPrinciple that art implied selectionRecommended a scrupulous observance ofnatureRemedy infallible against the plagueand against reserveReproaches are useless and cruel if theevil is doneShould be punished for not having knownhow to punishSo strongly does force impose upon menTears for the futureThe great leveller has swung a longscythe over FranceThe most in favor will be the soonestabandoned by himThe usual remarks prompted byimbecility on such occasionsThese ideas may serve as opium toproduce a calmThey tremble while they threatenThey have believed me incapable becauseI was kindThey loved not as you love, eh?This popular favor is a cup one mustdrinkThis was the Dauphin, afterward LouisXIVTrue talent paints life rather than thelivingTruth,  I here v                        
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