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Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
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
Insensibly
Nightfall
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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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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow.
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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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Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.
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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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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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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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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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If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.
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True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.
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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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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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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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Men are always invoking justice yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
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The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
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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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Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
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If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
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