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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is… — Alphonse de Lamartine

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

In the original French

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

Alphonse de Lamartine
Graziella · 1849
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Topic
SelflessnessLoveHuman nature
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Novel
Time
1849
Person
Alphonse de Lamartine
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De Lamartine, Alphonse. Graziella, translated by Raymond N. MacKenzie. University of Minnesota Press, 2018, pt. 4, ch. 5.
Original citation
De Lamartine, Alphonse. "Graziella." Les Confidences, 1849.

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