What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.
-- Alfred de Vigny
   
Alfred de Vigny   Name:
Alfred de Vigny
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
French
Birth:
March 27, 1797
Death:
September 17, 1863
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