Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Esteem incites friendship, but not love; the former is the twin brother of Reverence; the latter is the child of Equality. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Love of country produces among men such examples as Cincinnatus, Alfred, Washington--pure, unselfish, symmetrical; among women, Vittoria Colonna, Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday,… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Hence life, as through a cloud, for me I see Vanish, and to the past's dark shade 'tis chas'd; As a grand… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Ah! let us love, my Love, for Time is heartless, Be happy while you may! — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night. — 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 Image
Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
