Author: George Sand

Quotes

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

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

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

- George Sand

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

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 resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble 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

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

- George Sand

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

- George Sand

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