"If they are ignorant, they are despised, if……" — George Sand
"If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans. As wives they are treated more as servants than as companions. Men do not love them: they make use of them, they exploit them, and expect, in that way, to make them subject to the law of fidelity."
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98 Quotes by George Sand
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Humanity is outraged in me and with me. We must not dissimulate nor try to forget this indignation, which is…
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One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double.…
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It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and…
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A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown…
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Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.
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Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us…
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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all…
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I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the…
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The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes...
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I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent…
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Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
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Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and…
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or…
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
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There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I…
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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my…
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and…
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