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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.
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
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Christian
Master
Death
Touch
Ends
Picture
Great
Masters
Way
Sacrifice
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Ways
Sacrifices
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Friday
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Justification
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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.
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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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Youth should be a savings bank.
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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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The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair: 'tis hope that rises to the surface. It is a sinner whose heart he moves. It is a saint who returns him thanks.
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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
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The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
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True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.
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Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.
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Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
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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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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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There is a transcendent power in example.
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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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Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
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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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