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“There God and
man along with nature and art created something of magnificent
beauty worth to see" said Lamartine about Istanbul…
“Experience is
the only prophecy of wise men.”
“The more I see
the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs”
In French: Plus
je vois des representants du peuple, plus j'aime mes chiens.
“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 far stronger links than common joys.”
“Limited in his
nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers
heaven.”
“Sentiment is
the poetry of the imagination.”
“Private
passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.”
“Poets and
heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former
conceive.”
“The people
only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect
them are those who move them.”
“Providence
conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes
unveiled in the generalities of history.”
“Music is the
literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.” |
