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Heavens! whatever possesses us, here below, that we mutually torment ourselves, sourly reproach our mutual faults, and mercilessly condemn all that is not cut according to our pattern?

George Sand

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George Sand
Age: 71 †
Born: 1804
Born: June 1
Died: 1876
Died: May 8
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Feminist
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Playwright
Salonnière
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Paris
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