One is not, my dear sir, a superior man merely because one sees the world in an odious light. One only hates mankind and life itself through failing … - François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

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One is not, my dear sir, a superior man merely because one sees the world in an odious light. One only hates mankind and life itself through failing to look deeply enough.

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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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"Sincero y veraz como soy, me es imposible abrir mi corazón: mi alma tiende sin cesar a cerrarse; nunca lo digo todo y solamente he confesado mi vida entera en estas Memorias. No hablo nunca con nadie "de paso" de mis intereses, de mis intenciones, de mis trabajos, de mis ideas, de mis afectos de mis alegrías, de mis tristezas, pues estoy convencido del profundo tedio que se causa a los demás hablándoles de uno mismo."

A moral character is attached to autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like our years, the flowers fading like our hours, the clouds fleeting like our illusions, the light diminishing like our intelligence, the sun growing colder like our affections, the rivers becoming frozen like our lives — all bear secret relations to our destinies.

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Bisogna andare molto indietro nel tempo per trovare l'origine del mio tormento, bisogna riandare a quegli albori della mia giovinezza in cui mi creai un simulacro di donna per adorarla. Mi sfinii con quella creatura immaginaria, poi vennero gli amori reali e con essi non raggiunsi mai quella felicità immaginaria di cui portavo in me l'ideale. Ho saputo cosa significa vivere per una sola idea e con una sola idea; isolarsi in un sentimento, perdere di vista l'universo e porre tutta la propria esistenza in un sorriso, in una parola, in uno sguardo.

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