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True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.
Sophie Swetchine
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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
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Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
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Anne Sophie Swetchine
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The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.
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To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
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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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Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else.
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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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The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
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The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
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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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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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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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Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
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Time is the shower of Danae each drop is golden.
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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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If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
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Indulgence is lovely in the sinless toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
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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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Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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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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