Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. - Alphonse de Lamartine quote.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
— Alphonse de Lamartine

experience

God—but a word invoked to explain the world. - Alphonse de Lamartine quote.
God—but a word invoked to explain the world.
— Alphonse de Lamartine

God

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius. - Alphonse de Lamartine quote.
Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.
— Alphonse de Lamartine
Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated. - Alphonse de Lamartine quote.
Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
— Alphonse de Lamartine Méditations Poétiques

absence

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. - Alphonse de Lamartine quote.
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
— Alphonse de Lamartine
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 quote.
The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects but of the judge who sees, listens, and decides.