"Admiration and familiarity are strangers." — George Sand

"Admiration and familiarity are strangers."

— George Sand

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98 Quotes by George Sand

George Sand has 98 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation, which is…
One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double.…
It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and…
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown…
Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.
Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us…
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all…
I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the…
The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes...
I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent…
If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans.…
Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

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More Admiration Quotes

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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can… — Jane Austen
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long… — John Adams
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. — Ambrose Bierce
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. — Aeschylus
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of… — Jo Brand
I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot… — Wilford Brimley
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of… — Julie Burchill
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. — Dale Carnegie

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