Lamartine, Alphonse De
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Lamartine, Alphonse De
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Desire
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Conscience
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Cities and City Life
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
History and Historians
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Experience
Habit with it s iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Habit
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Grief
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Passion
Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Poetry and Poets
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
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Sentiment
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Speakers and Speaking
Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Heroes and Heroism
There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
Lamartine, Alphonse De
Achievement