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George Sand Biography

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (French: [amɑ̃tin lysil oʁɔʁ dypɛ̃]; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her nom de plume George Sand (/sænd/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ sɑ̃d]), 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.

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Art belongs to all times and to all countries; its special benefit is precisely to be still living when everything else seems dying; that is why Providence shields it from too personal or too general passions, and grants it a patient and persevering organization, durable sensibility, and the contemplative sense in which lies invincible faith.

Art, Benefit, Country, Everything, Lying, Shields

When mental sickness increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects.

Causes, Effort, Fighting, Inevitable, Sickness, Strength

fretting at trouble only doubles it.

Doubles, Fretting, Trouble

Life isn't always easy but so long as we have hope that we will find someone to help us through the darkness things will always get better. When we find that person, life suddenly explodes and darkness turns into a riot of colour. We're always looking for someone, what we need to remember is that someone is out there looking for us too.

Darkness, Explodes, Long, Person, Riot, Romantic Love

If people were not wicked I should not mind their being stupid; but, to our misfortune, they are both.

Mind, Misfortune, People, Stupid

Sorrow makes us very good or very bad.

Bad, Good, Sorrow, Very Good

Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure. . . true kindness.

Inspirational Love, Kindness, Treasure, Wonderful

. . . the progress of the language has caused us to lose many old treasures. It is thus with all progress, and one must make the best of it.

Language, Make, Progress, Treasure

. . . what is there over which the incomparable beauty of childhood would not triumph?

Childhood, Incomparable, Triumph

The lessons of experience are always learned too late.

Experience, Lessons, Too Late

You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my actions: you are the strongest, and society adds to your power; but with my will, sir, you can do nothing.

Add, Adds, Body, Hands, Ties

Death must no longer be either the penalty for prosperity or the consolation of misery. God did not destine it to be either the punishment or the compensation for life.

Punishment, Misery, Prosperity, God, Life

You see what stupid folk my publishers are; but they are all alike.

Folks, Publishers, See, Stupid

A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will suffer in silence and keep my love as a reward for him who shall set me free.

Changed, Come, Gives, Giving, Heart, Men

You don't have to write to me if you don't feel like it. There's no real friendship without absolute freedom.

Absolute, Friendship, Like, Real, Write, Writing

Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same.

And Love, Feather, Friendship, Heart, Love And Friendship

One changes from day to day, and. . . after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

Altered, Changes, Completely, Day, Reality, Years

The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.

Glory, Pipe, Smoke, Worth

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.

Earth, Kings, Noble, Seal, See

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

Effaces, Fine, Powerful, Queens, Roles, Writing

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