Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

George Sand Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Jul 1, 1804
  • Died: Jun 8, 1876

Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. She is equally well known for her much publicized romantic affairs with a number of artists, including the composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin and the writer Alfred de Musset.

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

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven. women

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. beauty

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. happiness & love

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

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. happiness

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

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

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

3 thoughts from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 more views from William Butler Yeats

28 more views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 sayings from Dave Barry

27 sayings from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 other thoughts from Winston Churchill

74 other thoughts from Winston Churchill