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History is a novel whose author is the people.

Quotation taken from the 1863 edition - Cinq-Mars; ou, une conjuration sous Louis XIII - 1826. Réflexions sur la vérité dans l'art", p. 6; translation from James H. Johnson Listening in Paris - 1995.


Every man has seen the wall that limits his mind.

Quotation taken from the 1863 edition - Cinq-Mars; ou, une conjuration sous Louis XIII - 1826.


Actors are lucky, they have glory without responsibility.

Journal d'un poète - 1867 Quotation taken from the 1949 edition.


Clamour can be stifled, but how avenge oneself on silence?

Quotation taken from the 1863 edition - Cinq-Mars; ou, une conjuration sous Louis XIII - 1826. Translation by William Hazlitt from Cinq-Mars - 1847.