George Sand quotes

George Sand was a renowned French novelist and memoirist, celebrated for her bold literary works and unconventional lifestyle. Many of her novels explored themes of love, social justice, and gender roles, challenging the norms of her time. She inspired generations of writers and remains an icon of literary independence. Here are 65 of her quotes:

There is only one happiness in life to love and to be loved. (George Sand)
We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. View quote
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Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. View quote
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Admiration and familiarity are strangers. View quote
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Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. View quote
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I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it. View quote
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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. View quote
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The intellect seeks, the heart finds. View quote
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Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. View quote
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Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. View quote
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Unrequited love is as different from the mutual love as the error from the truth. (George Sand)
The capacity for passion is both cruel and divine. View quote
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It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. View quote
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The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes. View quote
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Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. View quote
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The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. View quote
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Love without reverence and enthusiasm is only friendship. View quote
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Masterpieces are only lucky attempts. View quote
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Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age. View quote
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Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores? View quote
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Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure. (George Sand)
You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions you are the strongest, and society adds to your power but with my will, sir, you can do nothing. View quote
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Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven. View quote
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No human creature can give orders to love. View quote
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Oblivion is the flower that grows best on graves. View quote
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George Sand

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Occupation: French Novelist
Born: July 1, 1804
Died: June 8, 1876
Quotes count: 65
Wikipedia: George Sand

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