Quote of Alphonse de Lamartine - To love for the sake of...
Biography - Alphonse de Lamartine:
French writer, poet and politician.
Born: 1790 - Died: 1869
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1790 - Died: 1869
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: France
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
See also...
Quotes about love:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
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