Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine

"Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. "

"Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out political passions, never. "

"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. "

"To love for the sake of being loved is human, But to love for the sake of loving is angelic. "