George Sand
George Sand
Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. She is equally well known for her much publicized romantic affairs with a number of artists, including Polish-French composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin and the writer Alfred de Musset...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth1 July 1804
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
love lying believe
I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.
vanity reason quicksand
Vanity is the quicksand of reason.
forgiveness self forgiving
To forgive a fault in another is more sublime than to be faultless one's self.
time nuts driven
Time is always wanting to me, and I cannot meet with a single day when I am nut hurried along, driven to by wits'-end by urgent work, business to attent do or some service to render.
vanity vices slave
Vanity is the most despotic and iniquitous of masters, and I can never be the slave of my own vices.
hearing prudent insult
Be prudent, and if you hear, * * * some insult or some threat, * * * have the appearance of not hearing it.
kings noble earth
I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.
heart men giving
A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will suffer in silence and keep my love as a reward for him who shall set me free.
humanity outraged
Humanity is outraged in me and with me.
education men shame
Learned women are ridiculed because they put to shame unlearned men.
queens powerful writing
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self when one does not lack wit and is familiar with all the niceties of language. Language is a prostitute queen who descends and rises to all roles. Disguises herself, arrays herself in fine apparel, hides her head and effaces herself; an advocate who has an answer for everything, who has always foreseen everything, and who assumes a thousand forms in order to be right. The most honorable of men is he who thinks best and acts best, but the most powerful is he who is best able to talk and write
happiness dream simple
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of 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. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.
perfect cigar lifestyle
The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.
sorrow cigar hours
A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.