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Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect
George Sand
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George Sand
Age: 71 †
Born: 1804
Born: June 1
Died: 1876
Died: May 8
Composer
Diarist
Feminist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Salonnière
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Paris
France
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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.
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To forgive a fault in another is more sublime than to be faultless one's self.
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I love everything that makes up a milieu, the rolling of the carriages and the noise of the workmen in Paris, the cries of a thousand birds in the country, the movement of the ships on the waters. I love also absolute, profound silence, and, in short, I love everything that is around me, no matter where I am.
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