Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. - Alphonse De Lamartine
The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
- Alphonse De Lamartine
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination. - Alphonse De Lamartine
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination.
We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in… - Alphonse De Lamartine
We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in…
The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against their transformers.… - Alphonse De Lamartine
The People will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the Circes of Atheism. Their souls will flash indignation against their transformers.…
The photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848) - Alphonse De Lamartine
The photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848)
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. - Alphonse De Lamartine
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. - Alphonse De Lamartine
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. - Alphonse De Lamartine
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
History teaches everything, even the future. - Alphonse De Lamartine
History teaches everything, even the future.
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