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 More Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine More Quotes From Alphonse de Lamartine Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue. Alphonse de Lamartine ignorance hero long The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn! Alphonse de Lamartine mother loss sweet All our tastes are but reminiscences. Alphonse de Lamartine taste Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman. Alphonse de Lamartine simplicity silence two Yet, in these autumn days when Nature expires, Here, in these veiled scenes, I find more attractions; It is a friend's sad goodbye; it is the last smile From lips that death is going to close forever! Alphonse de Lamartine autumn forever goodbye Republicanism and ignorance are in bitter antagonism. Alphonse de Lamartine republic bitter ignorance My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity. Alphonse de Lamartine mother men fall At twenty every one is republican. Alphonse de Lamartine republic republican twenties Mystery hovers over all things here below. Alphonse de Lamartine mystery all-things All nature is the temple; earth the altar. Alphonse de Lamartine temples nature earth Exquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting. Alphonse de Lamartine female faces beauty Void of freedom, what would virtue be? Alphonse de Lamartine void virtue freedom The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them. Alphonse de Lamartine feels people moving There are places and climates, seasons and hours, with their outward circumstance, so much in harmony with certain impressions of the heart, that Nature and the soul of man appear to be parts of one vast whole. Alphonse de Lamartine soul heart men The photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848) Alphonse de Lamartine machines photographer men The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides. Alphonse de Lamartine mirrors judging history The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground. Alphonse de Lamartine angel heart fall History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale. Alphonse de Lamartine scales biographies history Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it. Alphonse de Lamartine certain terrible eternity Men are misers, and women prodigal, in affection. Alphonse de Lamartine misers affection women
