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
Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
I love the people because I believe in God. For, if I did not believe in God, what would the people be… — 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
If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the… — 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
