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

Aimer pour être aimé, c'est de l'homme, mais aimer pour aimer c'est presque de l'ange.

Alphonse de Lamartine

Graziella

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Topic

Selflessness Love Human nature

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

Graziella

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

De Lamartine, Alphonse. "Graziella." Les Confidences, 1849.

Current Citation

De Lamartine, Alphonse. Graziella, translated by Raymond N. MacKenzie. University of Minnesota Press, 2018, pt. 4, ch. 5.

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No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.

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Marriage must ceaselessly combat a monster that devours everything: habit.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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