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Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.
Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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But Nature too, shakes off her sleep today By May's mild sun we see reviv'd her frame, Around my window Venus' birds proclaim, The month most cherish'd backwards bends his way!
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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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