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There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
Sophie Swetchine
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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
Diarist
Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
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Action
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True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.
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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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To have ideas is to gather flowers to think is to weave them into garlands.
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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.
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Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.
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A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
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Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
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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.
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Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it and we--we divine it.
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Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
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Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else.
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Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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Time is the shower of Danae each drop is golden.
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What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
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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.
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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.
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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
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The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.
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