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...
men sorrow crucible
Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold.
men hours harbors
Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.
character greatness leader
The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdities of his time. Fanatics do not select the cleverest but the most fanatical leaders as was evidenced in the choice of Robespierre by the French Jacobins, and in that of Cromwell by the English Puritans.
heart rose long
It is the qualities of the heart, not those of the face, that should attract us in women, because the former are durable, the latter transitory. So lovable women, like roses, retain their sweetness long after they have lost their beauty.
radicalism logic desperation
Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.
mind religion logic
Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of nature and the human mind, the most mysterious and most inexplicable; they are of instinct and not of reason.
retirement shade dew
Modesty and dew love the shade.
beauty faces female
Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.
greatness sovereign virtue
True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.
spring heart sacrifice
Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals some of these miracles of patriotism, of which woman is the instrument in the hands of God.
heart men imagination
Women have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them.
dream morning poetry
Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.
philosophy expression genius
Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.
angel poetry humanity
Poetry has been the guardian angel of humanity in all ages.