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...
Alphonse de Lamartine quotes about
imagination sentiments
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
istanbul wish looks
If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.
retirement shade dew
Modesty and dew love the shade.
eternity certain terrible
Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.
women affection misers
Men are misers, and women prodigal, in affection.
radicalism logic desperation
Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.
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.
life-is-too-short passion evil
Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.
hours passing enjoy
Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.
destruction
He, who can create, abhors destruction.
utopia premature
Utopias are often just premature truths.
martyr assassination
Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.
ink
Ink is the transcript of thought.
gentleness
A woman's strength is most potent when robed in gentleness.