Whole world of politics and religion rushed to extremes With the habit of thinking, had not lost the habit of laughing You can not make an omelette without first breaking the eggs CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V1 [IM#34][im34b10.txt]3947 Adopted fact is always better composed than the real one Advantage that a calm temper gives one over men Art is the chosen truth Artificialities of style of that period Artistic Truth, more lofty than the True As Homer says, "smiling under tears" Difference which I find between Truth in art and the True in fac Happy is he who does not outlive his youth He did not blush to be a man, and he spoke to men with force History too was a work of art In every age we laugh at the costume of our fathers It is not now what it used to be It is too true that virtue also has its blush Lofty ideal of woman and of love Money is not a common thing between gentlemen like you and me Monsieur, I know that I have lived too long Neither idealist nor realist No writer had more dislike of mere pedantry Offices will end by rendering great names vile Princesses ceded like a town, and must not even weep Principle that art implied selection Recommended a scrupulous observance of nature Remedy infallible against the plague and against reserve True talent paints life rather than the living Truth, I here venture to distinguish from that of the True Urbain Grandier What use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example Woman is more bitter than death, and her arms are like chains Yes, we are in the way here CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V2 [IM#35][im35b10.txt]3948 Doubt, the greatest misery of love Never interfered in what did not concern him So strongly does force impose upon men The usual remarks prompted by imbecility on such occasions CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V3 [IM#36][im36b10.txt]3949 Ambition is the saddest of all hopes Assume with others the mien they wore toward him Men are weak, and there are things which women must accomplish CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V4 [IM#37][im37b10.txt]3950 A queen's country is where her throne is All that he said, I had already thought Always the first word which is the most difficult to say Dare now to be silent when I have told you these things Daylight is detrimental to them Friendship exists only in independence and a kind of equality I have burned all the bridges behind me In pitying me he forgot himself In times like these we must see all and say all Reproaches are useless and cruel if the evil is done Should be punished for not having known how to punish Tears for the future The great leveller has swung a long scythe over France The most in favor will be the soonest abandoned by him This popular favor is a cup one must drink This was the Dauphin, afterward Louis XIV CINQ MARS, BY ALFRED DE VIGNY, V5 [IM#38][im38b10.txt]3951