There is only one happiness in life—to love and be loved.
—George Sand
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
—George Sand
Topics: Art, Artists
Oblivion is the flower that grows best on graves.
—George Sand
No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.
—George Sand
Topics: Revolution
Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.
—George Sand
Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.
—George Sand
Life is a long ache which rarely sleeps and can never be cured.
—George Sand
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I think that is the only way to keep adding to one’s talent, and one’s inner happiness.
—George Sand
Topics: Soul
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