No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.

Quote by George Sand

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Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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

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

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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.

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...

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...

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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.