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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.
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
Reward
Rewards
Gratitude
Benefits
Happy
Make
Always
Thankful
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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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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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Time is the shower of Danae each drop is golden.
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Men are always invoking justice yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
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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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Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
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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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Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture.
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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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The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.
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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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Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
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Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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What I value most next to eternity is time.
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What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
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