Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

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.

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

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

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

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.

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...

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.

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 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;...

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

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...

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

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

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...

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...

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...

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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

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

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is...

The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is...

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...