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Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, Knight of Pratz (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869), was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France.

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What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and shattering his altar?

Breath, Happiness, Icy, Joy, Storm

If God is thy father, human beings are thy brothers and sisters.

Brother, Brothers, Community, Father, God

Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace.

Friendship, Gloaming, Heart, Hearts, Place, Sweet

Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.

Consecutive, Inspiration, Solitary

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Ones, Passion, Passions, Public, Tire

All nature is the temple; earth the altar.

Altar, Earth, Nature, Temples

Ah! let us love, my Love, for Time is heartless, Be happy while you may!

Happy, Heartless, Love, May, Time

The attractiveness that exists to man in the very helplessness of woman is scarcely realized.

Attractiveness, Exists, Man, Men, Weakness, Woman

France is revolutionary or she is nothing at all. The revolution of1789 is her political religion.

France, Of1789, Political, Revolution

God has placed the genius of women in their hearts, because the works of this genius are always works of love.

Genius, God, Heart, Hearts, Placed

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

Chance, Istanbul, Looks, Wish, World

Void of freedom, what would virtue be?

Freedom, Virtue, Void

What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?

Firsts, Life, Note, Preludes, Song

Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.

Chance, Gives, Giving, Presumed, Should

Soul of the universe, Sire, God, Creator, Lord, I believe in Thee, 'neath all these names: And without having need to hear thy word, In the sky's brow my glorious creed I trace.

Believe, God, Sky, Soul, Thee

Thou makest the man, O Sorrow!--yes, the whole man,--as the crucible gold.

Crucible, Men, Sorrow, Thou, Whole

Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

Day, Habit, Iron, Leads, Sinews

We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.

Animal, Cruelty, Heart, Men, Towards

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

Evil, Indulgence, Life, Life Is Too Short, Passion, Short

All our tastes are but reminiscences.

Reminiscences, Taste, Tastes

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