More from Alphonse de Lamartine

  1. If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
  2. Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
  3. Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
  4. There is a woman at the begining of all great things.
  5. A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
  6. Our only truth is our sorrow.
  7. Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
  8. What crime have we commited in order to be born?

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