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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Original Citation

Lamartine, Alphonse de. Graziella. 1852, pt. 4, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Lamartine, Alphonse de. Graziella. Translated by Raymond N. MacKenzie. U of Minnesota P, 2018, pt. 4, ch. 5.