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Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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All nature is the temple earth the altar.
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Ink is the transcript of thought.
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Nature has given women two painful but heavenly gifts, which distinguish them, and often raise them above human nature,--compassion and enthusiasm. By compassion, they devote themselves by enthusiasm they exalt themselves.
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It is for truth that God created genius.
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Hence life, as through a cloud, for me I see Vanish, and to the past's dark shade 'tis chas'd As a grand image love remains to me-- Sole remnant of a dream, by morn effac'd.
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The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!
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Ah! let us love, my Love, for Time is heartless, Be happy while you may!
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The reason that women are so much more sociable than men is because they act more from the heart than the intellect.
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Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.
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Man, it seems, is not able to bear the languid rest on Nature's bosom, and when the trumpet sounds the signal of danger, he hastens to join his comrades, no matter what the cause that calls him to arms. He rushes into the thickest of the fight, and amid the uproar of the battle regains confidence in himself and his powers.
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My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator.
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If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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Republicanism and ignorance are in bitter antagonism.
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The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.
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Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
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It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.
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