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Alphonse De Lamartine

Alphonse De Lamartine

French poet, statesman and historian

Lived from: 1790 - 1869

Category: Politics | History and sociology | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 21 october 1790 Died: 28 february 1869

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  • A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
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  • Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
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  • Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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  • 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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  • Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
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  • If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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  • Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
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  • Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.
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  • Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
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  • Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
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  • Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
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  • Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
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  • The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
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  • The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.
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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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What are the most famous quotes from Alphonse De Lamartine?

The two most famous quotes from Alphonse De Lamartine are:

  • "A conscience without God is like a court without a judge."
  • "Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim."

When did Alphonse De Lamartine live?

Alphonse De Lamartine was born in 1790 and died in the year 1869.