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George Sand was a French novelist, playwright, and memoirist.
* She was born Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin in Paris in 1804.
* She took the pseudonym George Sand in 1832, when she began publishing her first novels.
* Sand was a passionate advocate for social justice and women's rights.
* Her novels often explored themes of love, freedom, and social inequality.
* She was a prolific writer, and her works include 70 novels, 30 plays, and 10 volumes of autobiography.
* Sand was a close friend of many of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, including Victor Hugo and Frédéric Chopin.
* She died in 1876 at the age of 71.
* Sand is considered one of the most important writers of the 19th century.

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

George Sand

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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