“I love the people because I believe in God. For, if I did not believe in God, what would the people be to me? I should enjoy at ease that lucky throw of the dice, which chance had turned up for me, the day of my birth; and, with a secret, savage joy, I should say, "So much the worse for the losers!--the world is a lottery. Woe to the conquered!” PeopleIfsWorldShouldBelieveJoyI BelieveEnjoyChanceSecretBirthLuckyI Believe InEaseBelieve In GodLoserSavagesWoeLotteryDiceI Believe In God Book:Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People Source: Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People
“Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.” GivingShouldAsksChance Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“An artist should have more than two eyes.” ShouldArtTwoEyeArtistShould Have Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“It is the qualities of the heart, not those of the face, that should attract us in women, because the former are durable, the latter transitory. So lovable women, like roses, retain their sweetness long after they have lost their beauty.” ShouldHeartLongFacesLostQualityRoseFormerLatterSweetnessLovableTransitory Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” IfsWorldGivingShouldCitiesPoliticianTravelGlancesCity LifeIstanbulCities In The WorldCities At Night Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“Argument should be polite as well as logical.” ShouldWellsArgumentLogicalPolite Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
