Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

Quote by George Sand

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One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has...

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has...

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment;...

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment;...

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he...

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he...

I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters...

I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters...

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

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.

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you...

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you...

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

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.

No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes...

No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

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.

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.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the...

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the...

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort...

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort...