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Time is the shower of Danae each drop is golden.
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
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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 symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.
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Indifferent souls never part. Impassioned souls part, and return to one another, because they can do no better.
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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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Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.
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Let us not fail to scatter along our pathway the seeds of kindness and sympathy. Some of them will doubtless perish but if one only lives, it will perfume our steps and rejoice our eyes.
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There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
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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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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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When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains.
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A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
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Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
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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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We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.
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I love victory, but I love not triumph.
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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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