"Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?"

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Source : Alfred de Vigny (1840). “Cinq Mars (Complete)”, p.3, Library of Alexandria

Alfred de Vigny

#Memories Quotes #Evil Quotes #Example Quotes

“For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.”
“You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer”
“If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved”
“Lips move; lips touch; lips signal. Lips are on the outside for show, and on the most secret inside of your mouth. Lips frame words that lie. Lips frame a hole that wants to be filled.”

Source : Jane Rogers (2012). “The Ice is Singing”, p.35, Canongate Books
“If doubtful whether to end with "yours faithfully," or "yours truly," or "yours most truly," &c. (there are at least a dozen varieties, before you reach "yours affectionately"), refer to your correspondent's last letter, and make your winding-up at least as friendly as his: in fact, even if a shade more friendly, it will do no harm!”
“What else is soul but a listener?”
“I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.”
“Sex is a sideshow in the world of the animal, for the dominant color of that world is fear.”

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