The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives … - Alfred de Vigny

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Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance. . . the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.

Alfred de Vigny

The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.

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Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus.

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On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.

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Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

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