Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.