Alphonse de Lamartine

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Biography : French writer, poet and politician.
Born: 1790 - Died: 1869
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Alphonse de Lamartine - Quotes

We admire the world through what we love.
Alphonse de Lamartine - Jocelyn /

Miss one person and the world seems empty.
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solitude

Miss one person and the world seems empty.

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I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.
Alphonse de Lamartine - La Marseillaise de la Paix. — Réponse à M Becker /

Utopias are often just premature truths.
Alphonse de Lamartine - Histoire des Girondins /

truth

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.
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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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experience

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
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happiness

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
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The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
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Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
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There is a woman at the begining of all great things.
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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
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love

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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