It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.
Alphonse de LamartineEloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.
Alphonse de LamartineExquisite beauty resides rather in the female form than face, where it is also more lasting.
Alphonse de LamartineThe people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.
Alphonse de LamartineThe 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