I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

Quote by George Sand

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

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

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

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

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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.

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.

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.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

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.

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...

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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.

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...

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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...

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...

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much...

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much...

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.

One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest.

One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest.