Sophie Swetchine
Sophie Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine, known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryRussian Federation
pieces riches silver
When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries?
economy
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
careers america age
America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty.
pride destiny men
There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.
humanity poor dependent
Poor humanity!--so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.
grief winter youth
In youth, grief comes with a rush and overflow, but it dries up, too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, resisting all evaporation.
grief joy veils
All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points.
blessed air needs
Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.
perseverance two important
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
strength weakness conflict
Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.
enough neglect good-things
There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.
enemy malicious clumsy
A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
heart intellect ennui
We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui.
experience prophet historian
We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.