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O Time! arrest your flight, and you, propitious hours, stay your course.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Only one being is wanting, and your whole world is bereft of people.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out political passions, never.
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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
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Sad is his lot, who, once at least in his life, has not been a poet.
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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
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There is a women at the beginning of all great things.
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Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
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Born in Mâcon, France, on October 21, 1790, Lamartine is remembered for his lyrical and sentimental poetry. His poem 'Le Lac' (The Lake), published in 'Méditations Poétiques' (1820), became a milestone of French Romanticism. In addition to his literary career, Lamartine was an influential politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1848 and was a key figure in the Revolution of 1848, which established the French Second Republic. His prose work includes novels such as 'Graziella' and travelogues. Lamartine passed away on March 1, 1869.