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

Quote by Alphonse De Lamartine

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Music is what feelings sound like.

Music is what feelings sound like.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

Life's too short to hide feelings, express how you feel. You never know if they...

Life's too short to hide feelings, express how you feel. You never know if they...

What the conscious mind can't recognize, the heart might know.

What the conscious mind can't recognize, the heart might know.

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

You've always got to remember, rock and roll's never been about giving up. For me,...

You've always got to remember, rock and roll's never been about giving up. For me,...