George Sand Quotes

French - Novelist July 1, 1804 - June 8, 1876

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

George Sand

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

George Sand

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

George Sand

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

George Sand

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

George Sand

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

George Sand

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

George Sand