Chateaubriand françois rené de6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() As quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources (1893) selected and compiled by James Wood. ![]() 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.Sketches of English Literature, Vol II, p.I have expressed my opinion concerning a number of English writers it is very possible that I may be mistaken, that my admiration and my censure may be equally misplaced, and that my conclusions may appear impertinent and ridiculous on the other side of the Channel. In living literature no person is a competent judge but of works written in his own language."De la restauration et de la monarchie élective" (1831).I am Bourbon as a matter of honour, royalist according to reason and conviction, and republican by taste and character.Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory. As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before. Quotes 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. ![]()
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