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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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.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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.

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.

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 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;...

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...

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...

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 trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

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

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

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

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.

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...

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to...

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to...

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

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

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.

In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.

In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter...

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...