Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Quote by Alphonse De Lamartine

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

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...

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

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

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

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

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something...

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what theyd die for.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what theyd die for.

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full...

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full...