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The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
Sophie Swetchine
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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
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Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Mindfulness
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If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.
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Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.
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Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.
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By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.
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Feeling loves a subdued light.
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Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.
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We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
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The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.
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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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Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
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Piety softens all that courage bears.
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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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Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.
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There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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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.
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Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
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The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
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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.
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We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.
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