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Quote by Alphonse de Lamartine

“History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.”

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Alphonse de Lamartine was a French Romantic poet, novelist, and politician. He is known for his lyrical poetry and novels, which have had a profound influence on literature. more

“The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and even the absurdities of his time. Fanatics do not select the cleverest but the most fanatical leaders as was evidenced in the choice of Robespierre by the French Jacobins, and in that of Cromwell by the English Puritans.”

Character Shows Choices Leader Greatness Genius Prejudice Popularity Absurdity Select Fanatics Ratios Puritan Cromwell

Book:Memoirs of Celebrated Characters

Source: Memoirs of Celebrated Characters

“Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.”

Men Enjoy Hours Carrie Shore Harbors Fugitive

Author:Alphonse de Lamartine

“Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue.”

People Long Virtue Progress Crime Ignorance Hero Slavery Moved Depth Monsters Lowest Prodigies

Book:History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources

Source: History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources

“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.”

Should Heart Long Faces Lost Quality Rose Former Latter Sweetness Lovable Transitory

Author:Alphonse de Lamartine

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