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If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
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
Wear
Sorrow
Either
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Mitigated
Shared
Grief
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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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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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There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: I shall suffer, and I shall die.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
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Youth should be a savings bank.
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We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
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Piety softens all that courage bears.
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Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.
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The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
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There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.
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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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Time is the shower of Danae each drop is golden.
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We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
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We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.
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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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Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.
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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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Life grows darker as we go on, till only one pure light is left shining on it and that is faith. Old age, like solitude and sorrow, has its revelations.
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