The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.
Alphonse de Lamartine

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.
Alphonse de Lamartine

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
Alphonse de Lamartine

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
Alphonse de Lamartine

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Alphonse de Lamartine

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
Alphonse de Lamartine

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
Alphonse de Lamartine