Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Sometimes when one person is missing the whole world seems depopulated.

Limited in his nature infinite in his desires man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.

Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!

Peace at any price.

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

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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

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

“Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire: that is MUHAMMAD. As regards all the standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?”