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Sophie Swetchine quotes: Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe. Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it. The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable. The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick. The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together. Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The heart has always the pardoning power. The heart has always the pardoning power.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course. It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them. I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones. Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Poor humanity!so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great. Poor humanity!
so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past. We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart. Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all. Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: People read every thing nowadays, except books. People read every thing nowadays, except books.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age. True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it. The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it. Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love. The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb. Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal. I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two. The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands. To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them. Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly. Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost. In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits. Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other. Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men. I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms. Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him. He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us. The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart. Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling. Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men? Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men?
Sophie Swetchine quotes: It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides. It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty. There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others. Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and wewe divine it. Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we
we divine it.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant. God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: I love victory, but I love not triumph. I love victory, but I love not triumph.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty. America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery. Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die. There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost. In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The law of common sense. The law of common sense.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians. We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours. When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence. To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril. The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts. As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply. There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there. There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There is a transcendent power in example. There is a transcendent power in example.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation. Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Repentance is accepted remorse. Repentance is accepted remorse.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations. Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Years do not make sages; they only make old men. Years do not make sages; they only make old men.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour. We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Piety softens all that courage bears. Piety softens all that courage bears.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies. Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all. There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: What I value most next to eternity is time. What I value most next to eternity is time.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain. Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious. We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We are all of us, in this world, more or less like St. January, whom the inhabitants of Naples worship one day, and pelt with baked apples the next. We are all of us, in this world, more or less like St. January, whom the inhabitants of Naples worship one day, and pelt with baked apples the next.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity. He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy. The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master. The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum. Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Miracles are God's coups d'etat. Miracles are God's coups d'etat.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so. By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it. My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself. The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden. Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief. What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it. If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember it.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui. We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months. A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We expect everything and are prepared for nothing. We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better. Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity. Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Youth should be a savings bank. Youth should be a savings bank.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference. Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost. There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits. The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose. In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared. If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us. We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least. The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
Sophie Swetchine quotes: Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only four at a time?" Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as to speak only four at a time?"

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