Alphonse Lamartine
Alphonse 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...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth21 October 1790
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Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys
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Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.