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

Quote by Alphonse De Lamartine

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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 beginning of all great things.

There is a woman at the beginning 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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Museums are the cemeteries of the arts

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.

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 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...

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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...

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

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

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that...

They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that...

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave....

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.