The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

Quote by George Sand

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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...

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

There is only one happiness in 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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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...

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

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

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.