156 Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

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

Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire: that is MUHAMMAD. As regards all the standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?

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

Un seul être vous manque, et tout est dépeuplé. (Miss one person and the world seems empty.)

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?

Ô temps ! suspends ton vol, et vous, heures propices !Suspendez votre cours :Laissez-nous savourer les rapides délicesDes plus beaux de nos jours !Assez de malheureux ici-bas vous implorent,Coulez, coulez pour eux ;Prenez avec leurs jours les soins qui les dévorent ;Oubliez les heureux.Mais je demande en vain quelques moments encore,Le temps m'échappe et fuit ;Je dis à cette nuit : Sois plus lente ; et l'auroreVa dissiper la nuit.

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