The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a… — 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
