The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.
Alphonse de LamartineThe impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides.
Alphonse de LamartineBrutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
Alphonse de LamartinePrivate passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never.
Alphonse de LamartineBefore this century shall run out, journalism will be the whole press. Mankind will write their book day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroad with the rapidity of light--instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremities of the earth.
Alphonse de Lamartine