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
faith life-is-like burning
Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.
faith believe inventory
The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.
apples one-day world
We are all of us, in this world, more or less like St. January, whom the inhabitants of Naples worship one day, and pelt with baked apples the next.
inferiority flattery dangerous
The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
future past looking-to-the-future
We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past.
faults encounters insufferable
Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.
friends enjoy superiority
He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
grief sorrow ifs
If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
sorrow may way
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.
simple childhood firsts
I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.
dupes suspicion wells
Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.
grief humility pride
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.
time golden showers
Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
victory triumph
I love victory, but I love not triumph.