Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes
Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet, and politician.
(1790 - 1869)
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A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
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Always driven toward new shores, or carried hence without hope of return, shall we never, on the ocean of age, cast anchor for even a day?
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At twenty, everyone is republican.
[Republic]
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Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light, instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremities of the earth, it will spread from pole to pole, suddenly burning with the fervor of soul which made it burst forth; it will be the reign of the human mind in all its plenitude; it will not have time to ripen, to accumulate in the form of a book; the book will arrive too late; the only book possible from day to day is a newspaper.
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Bounded in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who has a recollection of heaven.
[Man]
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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 prophesy of wise men.
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Fine manners are a stronger bond than a beautiful face. The former binds; the latter only attracts.
[Manners]
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God has placed the genius of women in their hearts; because the works of this genius are always works of love.
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God is nothing but a dream word, in order to explain the existence of the world.
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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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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
[Grief]
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Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.
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History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.
[History]
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I am tired of museums - these cemeteries of art.
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If God is thy father, man is thy brother.
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If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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In the habits of legal men every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny. It is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect among men.
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It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.
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Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore, it rushes on and carries us with it.
[Present]
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