Author: George Sand

Quotes

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

- 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.

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

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

- George Sand

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

- George Sand

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

- George Sand

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

- George Sand

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

- George Sand

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

- George Sand

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

- George Sand

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