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

Quote by George Sand

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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...

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.

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.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to...

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to...

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 is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary...

One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary...

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to...

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to...

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

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...

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

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.

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

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

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 human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.