Top 11 Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes



To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

 

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

 

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?

 

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

 

Sometimes when one person is missing the whole world seems depopulated.

 

Limited in his nature infinite in his desires man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.

 

Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!

 

If one had but a single glance to give the world one should gaze on Istanbul.

 

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

 

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

 

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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