"To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic." ― Alphonse de Lamartine Topic(s): Love More From Alphonse de Lamartine "Experience is the only prophecy of wise men." "Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven." "Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys." More In Love "On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable."― Emma Goldman "Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same."― Voltaire "It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."― Lucius Annaeus Seneca