--- title: "4 Koran Quotes By Alphonse De Lamartine" description: "4 Koran quotes by Alphonse De Lamartine. Plus more from Alphonse De Lamartine and more Koran sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_altars_if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-mea_513242.png" --- > [If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-means-and-astonishing-results/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_altars_if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-mea_513242.png) > [“Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/philosopher-orator-apostle-legislator-warrior-conqueror-of-ideas/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_islam_philosopher-orator-apostle-legislator-wa_568649.jpg) > [If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-means-and-astonishing-results-2/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_compare_if-greatness-of-purpose-smallness-of-mea_2140849.png) > [The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/the-founder-of-twenty-terrestrial-empires-and-of-one-spiritual-empire/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/alphonse-de-lamartine-3047_asks_the-founder-of-twenty-terrestrial-empire_2892609.jpg) ## Other authors on Koran - [Nabeel Qureshi 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/nabeel-qureshi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-armstrong-55066.jpg) Karen Armstrong 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/karen-armstrong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-geert-wilders-37183.jpg) Geert Wilders 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/geert-wilders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-harris-82504.jpg) Sam Harris 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/sam-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-curley-14900.jpg) Robert Spencer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/robert-spencer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-muhammad-ali-69506.jpg) Muhammad Ali 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/muhammad-ali/) ## More 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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/grief-and-sadness-knits-two-hearts-in-closer-bonds-than-happiness/) [Alphonse De Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/habit-with-it-s-iron-sinews-clasps-us-and-leads-us-day-by-day/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/history-is-neither-more-nor-less-than-biography-on-a-large-scale/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/silence-the-applause-of-real-and-durable-impressions/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/let-us-enjoy-the-fugitive-hour-man-has-no-harbor-time-has-no-shore-it/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [Void of freedom, what would virtue be?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/void-of-freedom-what-would-virtue-be/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/i-am-persuaded-that-if-the-brutes-even-if-the-dog-the-horse-the-ox/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [The most effective coquetry is innocence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/the-most-effective-coquetry-is-innocence/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [There is a woman at the begining of all great things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/there-is-a-woman-at-the-begining-of-all-great-things/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/enthusiasm-springs-from-the-imagination-and-self-sacrifice-from-the/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/true-love-is-the-ripe-fruit-of-a-lifetime/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [At twenty every one is republican.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/at-twenty-every-one-is-republican/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/we-are-earth-s-children-and-life-is-the-same-in-sap-as-in-blood-all/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/let-us-savour-the-swift-delights-of-the-most-beautiful-of-our-days/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) > [Shall not this bygone Eden that we knew In our Eternal Life have shape and hue? For where Time is not shall not all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alphonse-de-lamartine/shall-not-this-bygone-eden-that-we-knew-in-our-eternal-life-have/) [Alphonse de Lamartine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alphonse-de-lamartine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/alphonse-de-lamartine/#itemlist", "name": "4 Koran Quotes By Alphonse De Lamartine", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws, and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. 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