French novelist and memoirist
We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. – George Sand
Vanity is the quicksand of reason. – George Sand
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. – George Sand
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. – George Sand
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. – George Sand
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. – George Sand
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. – George Sand
Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. – George Sand
Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. – George Sand
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect. – George Sand
Admiration and familiarity are strangers. – George Sand
One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. – George Sand
The capacity of passion is both cruel and divine. – George Sand
Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile. – George Sand
Whoever has loved knows all that life contains of sorrow and joy. – George Sand
God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains. – George Sand
No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made. – George Sand
One changes from day to day, and… after a few years have passed one has completely altered. – George Sand
Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for. – George Sand
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