Achilles exists only through Homer. Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory. - François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

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Achilles exists only through Homer. Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory.

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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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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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