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Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.
Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Notre-Dame-des-Vignes
Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye sees it.
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Republicanism and ignorance are in bitter antagonism.
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Ink is the transcript of thought.
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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.
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What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and shattering his altar?
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History teaches everything, even the future.
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