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

Quote by George Sand

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

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

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...

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last...

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...

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.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

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...

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity