Let us leave political questions to be decided by the powers concerned, " Sir Ralph would say, "as we have adopted a form of government which forbids us to discuss our interests ourselves. If a nation is responsible for the faults of its legislature, what one can you find that is guiltier than yours? George Sand
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More Quotes By George Sand
  1. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

  2. Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqué."[ Letter to Armand Barbès, 12 May 1867]

  3. God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains.

  4. The maid told him that a girl and a child had come looking for him, but since she didn't know them, she hadn't cared to ask them in, and had told them to go on to Mers."Why didn't you let them in?" asked Germain angrily....

  5. 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.

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