Memory is often the attribute of stupidity; it generally belongs to heavy spirits whom it makes even heavier by the baggage it loads them down with. - François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

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Memory is often the attribute of stupidity; it generally belongs to heavy spirits whom it makes even heavier by the baggage it loads them down with.

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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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