Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Quote by Alphonse De Lamartine

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

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

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

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.

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...

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

There is a woman at the beginning 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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

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.

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...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows

Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows

You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow,...

You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow,...

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare...

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare...