Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

Quote by George Sand

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Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

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...

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.

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...

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.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born...

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born...

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.

If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it...

If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it...

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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...

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

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 life, to love and be loved

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

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

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...

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

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

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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

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

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...