George Sand
George Sand
Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. She is equally well known for her much publicized romantic affairs with a number of artists, including Polish-French composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin and the writer Alfred de Musset...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth1 July 1804
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
humanity outraged
Humanity is outraged in me and with me.
ugly virtue made
No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.
wise kings race
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing to their unfailing rude greediness and their indefatigable activity. With their hard-heartedness that they extend toward people of other faiths and races they are at the point of making themselves kings of the world. This people can thank its obstinacy that France will be Judized within fifty years. Already some wise Jews prophesy this frankly.
weed heart errors
Weeds are omnipresent; errors are to be found in the heart of the most lovable.
education men shame
Learned women are ridiculed because they put to shame unlearned men.
kings noble earth
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.
hearing prudent insult
Be prudent, and if you hear, * * * some insult or some threat, * * * have the appearance of not hearing it.
vanity vices slave
Vanity is the most despotic and iniquitous of masters, and I can never be the slave of my own vices.
time nuts driven
Time is always wanting to me, and I cannot meet with a single day when I am nut hurried along, driven to by wits'-end by urgent work, business to attent do or some service to render.
powerful writing men
The most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.
stars volcanoes wind
Talent, will and genius are natural phenomena like the lake, the volcano, the mountain, the wind, the star, the cloud.
years age
Years do not always make age.
sorrow cigar hours
A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.
nature lying eye
The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes...