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Love is blind: that is why he always proceeds by the sense of touch.

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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

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As long as the heart preserves desire, the mind preserves illusion.

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Certain importunities always please women — even when the importuner does not please.

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François-René de Chateaubriand

François-René de Chateaubriand
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Born: September 4, 1768
Died: July 4, 1848 (aged 79)
Bio: François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat, and historian, who is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.
Known for:
  1. Atala (1801)
  2. Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe
  3. The Genius of Christianity (1802)
  4. Chateaubriand's Travels in America
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