Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, chevalier de Pratz, 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...
time ocean overflow
Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains.
ends treason betray
Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.
mistress unanimity
Unanimity is the mistress of strength.
reality virgins virginity
Virginity is the poetry, not the reality, of life.
war civil-war tombs
Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.
fall heart angel
The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.
women affection misers
Men are misers, and women prodigal, in affection.
women compassion two
Nature has given women two painful but heavenly gifts, which distinguish them, and often raise them above human nature,--compassion and enthusiasm. By compassion, they devote themselves; by enthusiasm they exalt themselves.
eternity certain terrible
Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.
men justice lawyer
It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.
political france revolution
France is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion.
passion tired political
Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never.
goodbye autumn forever
Yet, in these autumn days when Nature expires, Here, in these veiled scenes, I find more attractions; It is a friend's sad goodbye; it is the last smile From lips that death is going to close forever!
world
God - but a word invoked to explain the world.