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Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

— Alphonse de Lamartine Méditations Poétiques (1820)

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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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What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?

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

Utopias are often only premature truths.

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

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