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A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out political passions, never.
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The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?
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