To hold power has always meant to manipulate idiots and circumstances; and those circumstances and those idiots, tossed together, bring about those c… - Alfred de Vigny

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To hold power has always meant to manipulate idiots and circumstances; and those circumstances and those idiots, tossed together, bring about those coincidences to which even the greatest men confess they owe most of their fame

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About Alfred de Vigny

Alfred Victor de Vigny (March 27 1797 – September 17 1863) was a poet, playwright, and novelist. Until the rise of Victor Hugo he was considered to be the leader of the Romantic movement in France.

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Alternative Names: Alfred Victor de Vigny Alfred Victor, comte de Vigny Alfred, Comte de Vigny
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