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

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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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.

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