One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one kno… - George Sand

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One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness — simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience.

George Sand

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Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, baronne Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), most famous under her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and a pioneer of feminism.

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Alternative Names: Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin • Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin • Baroness Dudevant • Jules Sand • Lucie Dudevant • Aurore Amantine Lucile Dupin • Aurore Amantine Lucile Sand • Amandine-Aaurore-Lucile Dupin • George nee Dupin Sand • Mrs. George Sand • Georges Sand • Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant • Amandine-Aaurore-Lucile Dudevant • Lucile Aurore Dupin • A.A.L. Dudevant-Dupin

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One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.

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Honoré de Balzac André Gide Anton Chekhov Stendhal George Eliot

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The constant winds of petty appetite dissipate the power of response.

L'art de voyager, c'est presque la science de la vie.

God has written in the law of nature that when two people are joined in love or friendship, one must always give his heart more perfectly than the other.

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