Ink is the transcript of thought. Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes From Alphonse de Lamartine We don't have two hearts, one for animals and one for humans ; we have one heart or we don't have any. Alphonse de Lamartine heart animal two It is the qualities of the heart, not those of the face, that should attract us in women, because the former are durable, the latter transitory. So lovable women, like roses, retain their sweetness long after they have lost their beauty. Alphonse de Lamartine rose heart long Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated. Alphonse de Lamartine beast born men If God is thy father, human beings are thy brothers and sisters. Alphonse de Lamartine community brother father Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. Alphonse de Lamartine affair details providence There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no other eye sees it. Alphonse de Lamartine eye sweet night The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he? Alphonse de Lamartine greatness spiritual men Good manners require space and time. Alphonse de Lamartine good-man space manners Civil wars leave nothing but tombs. Alphonse de Lamartine tombs civil-war war It is because of the servility of photography that I am fundamentally contemptuous of this chance invention which will never be an art but which plagiarizes nature by means of optics. (1848) Alphonse de Lamartine photography mean art Utopias are often just premature truths. Alphonse de Lamartine premature utopia Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains. Alphonse de Lamartine overflow ocean time Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself. Alphonse de Lamartine treason betray ends Man hath no Heaven and Time's coast is chartless. Alphonse de Lamartine time men heaven Poetry has been the guardian angel of humanity in all ages. Alphonse de Lamartine angel poetry humanity Argument should be polite as well as logical. Alphonse de Lamartine argument logical should I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would confess, that, at the bottom of their nature, their instincts, their sensations, their obtuse intelligence, assisted by organs less perfect than ours, there is a clouded, secret sentiment of this existence of a superior and primordial Being, from whom all emanates, and to whom all returns. Alphonse de Lamartine horse elephants dog Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature. Alphonse de Lamartine newspapers literature It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men. Alphonse de Lamartine lawyer justice men Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts. Alphonse de Lamartine martyr assassination