Before 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 LamartineProvidence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
Alphonse de LamartineLove of country produces among men such examples as Cincinnatus, Alfred, Washington--pure, unselfish, symmetrical; among women, Vittoria Colonna, Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Jeanne Darc--romantic, devoted, marvelous.
Alphonse de LamartineIf they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from รamlฤฑca of Istanbul.
Alphonse de LamartineEloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator.
Alphonse de Lamartine