Excess Civilization Quotes by Alphonse De Lamartine

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

Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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

Void of freedom, what would virtue be?

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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

True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

At twenty every one is republican.

— Alphonse de Lamartine