Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Quote by George Sand

Topics: Vanity Quotes

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...

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.

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

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

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense 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

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...

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.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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...

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

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

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

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

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

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

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.

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...

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 first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of...

The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of...

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age (Solomon...

Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age (Solomon...

Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it's easy - you simply...

Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it's easy - you simply...