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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
Charm
Hidden
Dare
Grapple
Challenges
Undertakings
Difficult
Appreciated
Providence
Perseverance
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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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The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
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The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.
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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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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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What I value most next to eternity is time.
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Indulgence is lovely in the sinless toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
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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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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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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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