Quotes by Lamartine, Alphonse De

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never. >>

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that c >>

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

Quotations about Heroes and Heroism

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as m >>

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one. >>

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that >>

Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.

Lamartine, Alphonse De