Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Quote by George Sand

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

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

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.

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

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

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I...

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

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;...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

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

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...