Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
We are earth's children, and life is the same in sap as in blood; all that the earth, our mother, feels and… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
It is because of the servility of photography that I am fundamentally contemptuous of this chance invention which will never be an… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
There are places and climates, seasons and hours, with their outward circumstance, so much in harmony with certain impressions of the heart,… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Yet, in these autumn days when Nature expires, Here, in these veiled scenes, I find more attractions; It is a friend's sad… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
But Nature too, shakes off her sleep today; By May's mild sun we see reviv'd her frame, Around my window Venus' birds… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Nature has given women two painful but heavenly gifts, which distinguish them, and often raise them above human nature,--compassion and enthusiasm. By… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys — Alphonse De Lamartine Copy Share
Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share
I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would confess, that,… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share
Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share
We are earth's children, and life is the same in sap as in blood; all that the earth, our mother, feels and expresses to… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share
Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days! — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share
Shall not this bygone Eden that we knew In our Eternal Life have shape and hue? For where Time is not shall not all… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share
