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Poetry has been the guardian angel of humanity in all ages.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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God - but a word invoked to explain the world.
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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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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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Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.
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At twenty every one is republican.
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Death, with funereal shades in vain surrounds me, My reason through his darkness seeth light: 'Tis the last step which brings me close to Thee: 'Tis the veil falling, 'twixt Thy face and mine.
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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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True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.
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Argument should be polite as well as logical.
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