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Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.
Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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Photography is better than art. It is a solar phenomenon in which the artist collaborates with the sun.
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Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace.
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The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.
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Soul of the universe, Sire, God, Creator, Lord, I believe in Thee, 'neath all these names: And without having need to hear thy word, In the sky's brow my glorious creed I trace.
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