Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.
Alphonse de LamartineThe founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of oยญne spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?
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