Quotes by Chateaubriand, Vicomte De

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. Th >>

Without taste genius is only a sublime kind of folly. That sure touch >>

Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privi >>

Quotations about Perfection

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve i >>

It is no crime not to be perfect >>

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be don >>

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.

Chateaubriand, Vicomte De