Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never. — Alphonse de Lamartine
I say to this night: “Pass more slowly”; and the dawn will come to dispel the night. — Alphonse de Lamartine
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind – it is only the difference in the victim. — Alphonse de Lamartine
Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find — Alphonse de Lamartine