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15 quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, chevalier de Pratz (French: [alfɔ s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France.
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Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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

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

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Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

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