Vicomte De Chateaubriand
Vicomte De Chateaubriand
both disdain except fame glory happiness height unite
Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.
appears certain genius happy lasts moment occur perfect perfection produced rare revolution several taste works
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.