"What mortal is there, over whose first joys……" — Alphonse de Lamartine
"What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and shattering his altar?"
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Alphonse de Lamartine
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75 Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine has 75 quotes on this site.
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Kindness is virtue itself.
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The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which…
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If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could…
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We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty…
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My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator.
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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no…
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Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.
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If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could…
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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
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True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.
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Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace....
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More Altar Quotes
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The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.
— Felix Adler
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Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to…
— Annie Besant
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar…
— Aeschylus
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both…
— John Ruskin
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The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be…
— Joseph de Maistre
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Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar. Please keep going, Courtney, for Frances, for her life will be so…
— Kurt Cobain
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Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured…
— Margaret Mary Alacoque
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Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.
— Charles Spurgeon
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The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for…
— Winston Churchill
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