Best Alphonse de Lamartine Sayings
- Too much I've seen, and felt, and lov'd in life, Living I come to seek Lethaean calm; Let me, fair scenes! forget all worldly strife,… All
- Hence life, as through a cloud, for me I see Vanish, and to the past's dark shade 'tis chas'd; As a grand image love remains… Cloud
- I love the people because I believe in God. For, if I did not believe in God, what would the people be to me? I… Believe
- But Nature too, shakes off her sleep today; By May's mild sun we see reviv'd her frame, Around my window Venus' birds proclaim, The month… Backwards
- There are places and climates, seasons and hours, with their outward circumstance, so much in harmony with certain impressions of the heart, that Nature and… Appear
- Man, it seems, is not able to bear the languid rest on Nature's bosom, and when the trumpet sounds the signal of danger, he hastens… Able
- 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, at… All
- My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their… Animal
- I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night. Dawn
- Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time. Enjoy
- There is a woman at the begining of all great things. All
- Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated. Depopulated
- The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. Admire
- To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. Angel
- Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. Bereavement
- Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim. Animal
- Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven. Desire
- If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. Cities
- A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. Conscience
- Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day. Clasps
- Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. Affair
- History teaches everything, even the future. Everything Even
- Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. Commences
- Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys Bonds
- Museums are the cemeteries of the arts Art