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 light shining
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.
aristocracy easy visiting
Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.
practice people good-man
The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.
confidence blow vulnerable
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.
hands together virtue
Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.
retirement flow obstacles
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.
deserve falsehood
There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.
liberty rewards nations
Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.
liberty doe excess
The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
grief self resignation
What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
love dust evil
Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental despot, whose glance lifts a slave from the dust, and then consigns him to it again.
love heart reflection
Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its accomplice. While it lives, it renders blind; and when it has struck its roots deep only itself can shake them. It reminds one of hospitality as practiced among the ancients. The stranger was received upon the threshold of the half-open door, and introduced into the sanctuary reserved for the Penates. Not until every attention had been lavished upon him did the host ask his name; and the question was sometimes deferred till the very moment of departure.
compassion gun people
The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.
saving youth should
Youth should be a savings bank.