156 Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine

Radicalism is but the desperation of logic.

Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of nature and the human mind, the most mysterious and most inexplicable; they are of instinct and not of reason.

Modesty and dew love the shade.

Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

Enthusiasm springs from the imagination, and self-sacrifice from the heart. Women are, therefore, more naturally heroic than men. All nations have in their annals some of these miracles of patriotism, of which woman is the instrument in the hands of God.

Women have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them.

Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.