All nature is the temple; earth the altar. Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes From Alphonse de Lamartine Fiction is the microscope of truth. Alphonse de Lamartine microscopesfiction Man is God by his faculty for thought. Alphonse de Lamartine facultydivinitymen I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth. Alphonse de Lamartine truthcountrythinking When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh. Alphonse de Lamartine dogreasonlaughing If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul. Alphonse de Lamartine istanbulwishlooks ...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state Alphonse de Lamartine purposefleshanimal Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive. Alphonse de Lamartine firefighterracehero True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime. Alphonse de Lamartine fruitlifetimelove Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never. Alphonse de Lamartine tirepassion Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God. Alphonse de Lamartine brothermenfather Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day. Alphonse de Lamartine ironhabit Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination. Alphonse de Lamartine sentimentsimagination 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. Alphonse de Lamartine readingtruthcountry Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask. Alphonse de Lamartine chanceshouldgiving Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time. Alphonse de Lamartine passinghoursenjoy I say to this night: "Pass more slowly"; and the dawn will come to dispel the night. Alphonse de Lamartine dawnnight Ink is the transcript of thought. Alphonse de Lamartine ink 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. Alphonse de Lamartine atheismsoulpeople The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized. Alphonse de Lamartine attractivenessweaknessmen Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions. Alphonse de Lamartine applausesilencereal