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Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
There is a woman at the begining of all great things.
– Alphonse de Lamartine
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
– Alphonse de Lamartine