Quotes by George Sand

Dont walk in front of me, I may not follow. Dont walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. (George Sand)

Every historian discloses a new horizon. (George Sand)

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument. (George Sand)

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. (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)

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy. (George Sand)

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. (George Sand)

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. (George Sand)

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. (George Sand)

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. (George Sand)