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...
iron habit
Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
history teach
History teaches everything, even the future.
brother father men
Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.
god judging court
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
heart animal men
We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.
dog differences thee
My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator.
wise men prophecy
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
argument logical should
Argument should be polite as well as logical.
men divinity faculty
Man is God by his faculty for thought.
real silence applause
Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions.
two silence simplicity
Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.
running book writing
Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light--instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremities of the earth.
ambition dupes victim
It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.
coquetry innocence
The most effective coquetry is innocence.