A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

Quote by Alphonse De Lamartine

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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities...

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities...

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are...

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are...

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

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

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

Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common...

Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common...

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on...

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on...

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers...

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers...

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

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

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my...

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my...

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them...

The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them...

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

No, I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.