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
sorrow cigar hours
A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.
sorrow very-good
Sorrow makes us very good or very bad.
heart fighting sorrow
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.
joy sorrow knows
Whoever has loved knows all that life contains of sorrow and joy.
above certain clear degree denial efforts happiness happy knows love necessary result self simple
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.
above certain clear degree denial efforts happiness happy knows love necessary result self simple
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.
french-novelist happiness love
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
changes few passed
One changes from day to day, and...after a few years have passed one has completely altered.
enthusiasm chill
I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.
vow marriage-vows absurdity
The marriage vow is an absurdity imposed by society.
fighting effort causes
When mental sickness increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects.
memories past past-memories
It is extraordinary how music sends one back into memories of the past ...
sweet nature stars
nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then ... We may be afflicted and unhappy, but no one can take from us the sweet delight which is nature's gift to those who love her and her poetry.
death journey goal
One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.