Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Quote by Alphonse De Lamartine

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior,...

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior,...

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very...

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he...

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending...