How many other friends I will never meet again! Every night as he goes to bed, a man can count his losses; it’s only his years that do not leave him,… - François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

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How many other friends I will never meet again! Every night as he goes to bed, a man can count his losses; it’s only his years that do not leave him, though they pass.

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About François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician and diplomat, considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.

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Native Name: François Auguste René de Chateaubriand
Alternative Names: François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand vicomte de Chateaubriand François-René F. A. von Chateaubriand François René de Châteaubriand François-René de Châteaubriand

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Le passé et le présent sont deux statues incomplètes: l'une a été retirée toute mutilée du débris des âges, l'autre n'a pas encore reçu sa perfection de l'avenir.

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Cependant qu'avais-je appris jusqu'alors avec tant de fatigue? Rien de certain parmi les anciens, rien de beau parmi les modernes. Le passé et le présent sont deux statues incomplètes: l'une a été retirée toute mutilée du débris des âges; l'autre n'a pas encore reçu sa perfection de l'avenir.

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