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Explore our hand-picked selection of 131 inspiring quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine.

About Alphonse de Lamartine

  • Born: October 21, 1790
  • Died: February 28, 1869
  • Occupation: Writer
    • Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is god.
    Brother Father Men
    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.
    God Believe Sky
    Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
    Passion Tire
    Shall not this bygone eden that we knew in our eternal life have shape and hue? for where time is not shall not all time be? in that calm breast whereto our souls are cleaving shall we not find our loved ones beyond grieving about the hearth-stone of eternity?
    Heart Grieving Eden
    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.
    Death Fall Light
    Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.
    Hero Race Firefighter
    After his blood, that which a man can next give out of himself is a tear.
    Men Blood Giving
    The people will not allow themselves to be changed into hogs by the circes of atheism. their souls will flash indignation against their transformers. a day will come when they will see that they are impoverished under the pretext of being enriched; that, when they are robbed of their souls and of god, both their titles to liberty are stolen from them.
    People Soul Atheism
    The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdities of his time. fanatics do not select the cleverest but the most fanatical leaders as was evidenced in the choice of robespierre by the french jacobins, and in that of cromwell by the english puritans.
    Character Greatness Choices
    Love of country produces among men such examples as cincinnatus, alfred, washington--pure, unselfish, symmetrical; among women, vittoria colonna, madame roland, charlotte corday, jeanne darc--romantic, devoted, marvelous.
    Country Men Patriotism
    Man is god by his faculty for thought.
    Men Divinity Faculty
    It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.
    Ambition Dupes Victim
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