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To have ideas is to gather flowers to think is to weave them into garlands.
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
Weave
Gather
Flowers
Flower
Ideas
Think
Thinking
Garlands
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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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Men are always invoking justice yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
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All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points.
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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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The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
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Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages they have learned to understand and be understood by all.
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