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True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

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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Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.
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The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
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Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.
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God - but a word invoked to explain the world.
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There is a woman at the begining of all great things.
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The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.
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If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?
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Too much I've seen, and felt, and lov'd in life, Living I come to seek Lethaean calm Let me, fair scenes! forget all worldly strife, Oblivion solely is my bosom's balm.
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Music is the literature of the heart it commences where speech ends.
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Before this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light--instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremities of the earth.
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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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If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator.
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Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold.
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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
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Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals some of these miracles of patriotism, of which woman is the instrument in the hands of God.
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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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