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
stupid believe law
You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder ...
stupid people mind
If people were not wicked I should not mind their being stupid; but, to our misfortune, they are both.
stupid doubt world
Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.
stupid folks publishers
You see what stupid folk my publishers are; but they are all alike.
stupid ambition people
We must love stupid people better than ourselves; are they not the really unfortunate ones of this world? Do not people without taste and without ideal grow constantly weary, rejoicing in nothing, and being quite useless here below?
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.