Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de

French novelist, poet, and politician

• "Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys."
• "To love for the sake of being loved is human, But to love for the sake of loving is angelic."
• "Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet."
• "There is a woman at the begining of all great things."
• "Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never."