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

There is only one happiness in life, to love and 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

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.

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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.