Quotes by : Alphonse de Lamartine

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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.

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.

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

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human....

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

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

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