Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes and Sayings
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“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.”
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“To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.”
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“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.”
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“Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.”
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“Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.”
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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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“Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.”
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“Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.”
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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?”
-- Alphonse de Lamartine