Quotes by Alphonse De Lamartine
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There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
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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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Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
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If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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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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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.