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Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
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
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Difficult
Undertakings
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Providence
Perseverance
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Grapple
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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.
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Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.
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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
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There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
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When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains.
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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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The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
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To have ideas is to gather flowers to think is to weave them into garlands.
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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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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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Indulgence is lovely in the sinless toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
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