Shall not this bygone Eden that we knew In our Eternal Life have shape and hue? For where Time is not shall… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Soul of the universe, Sire, God, Creator, Lord, I believe in Thee, 'neath all these names: And without having need to hear… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against… — 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
There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
And when night, guiding her bright train of stars, Throws o'er the sleeping world her gloomy veil, Lonely amidst the desert and… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace… — 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
