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 LamartineThe photographer will never replace the painter; one is a man, the other a machine. Let us compare them no longer. (1848)
Alphonse de LamartineSilence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.
Alphonse de LamartinePrivate passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never.
Alphonse de Lamartine