"Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s……" — George Sand
"Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self when one does not lack wit and is familiar with all the niceties of language. Language is a prostitute queen who descends and rises to all roles. Disguises herself, arrays herself in fine apparel, hides her head and effaces herself; an advocate who has an answer for everything, who has always foreseen everything, and who assumes a thousand forms in order to be right. The most honorable of men is he who thinks best and acts best, but the most powerful is he who is best able to talk and write"
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98 Quotes by George Sand
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Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.
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Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
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