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We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.
Alfred de Vigny
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"We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous."
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We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous. — Alfred de Vigny

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Alfred de Vigny was a Poet from France (1797–1863).

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This quote is attributed to Alfred de Vigny, a Poet from France.
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Alfred de Vigny lived from 1797 – 1863.