To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

More Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine

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

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

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

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

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

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.