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...
freedom void virtue
Void of freedom, what would virtue be?
brother father community
If God is thy father, human beings are thy brothers and sisters.
nature men heaven
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
animal differences brutality
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
heart animal two
We don't have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans ; we have one heart or we don't have any.
funny dog people
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
inspiration solitary consecutive
Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.
sympathy death pain
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
love heart dawn
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
mean greatness men
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?
kindness virtue
Kindness is virtue itself.
love farewell missing
Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
love inspirational spiritual
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
men shapes twenties
There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.