255 Quotes by George Sand

Sex is the most respectable and holy thing in all creation, the most serious act in life.

Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a good understanding of style.

And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.

Know how to replace in your heart, by the happiness of those you love, the happiness that may be wanting to yourself

Masterpieces are only lucky attempts.

Years do not always make age.

Life is a succession of afflictions for the heart.

Art belongs to all times and to all countries; its special benefit is precisely to be still living when everything else seems dying; that is why Providence shields it from too personal or too general passions, and grants it a patient and persevering organization, durable sensibility, and the contemplative sense in which lies invincible faith.

Heavens! whatever possesses us, here below, that we mutually torment ourselves, sourly reproach our mutual faults, and mercilessly condemn all that is not cut according to our pattern?