I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love…

Quote by George Sand

Topics: Chastity Quotes, Love Quotes

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.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last...

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...

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

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

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.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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...

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

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

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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;...