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

Quote by George Sand

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

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...

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...

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.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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.

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have...

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have...

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.