Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

Quote by George Sand

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Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

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.

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...

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

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

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

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...

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

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.

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...