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
despair
God has prohibited despair.
clumsy enemies force malicious resisted
In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
somebody
One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
reform walks
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
cramps chains
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
economy
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
inferiority flattery dangerous
The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
dupes suspicion wells
Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.
time golden showers
Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
kindness learning causes
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
germs action
There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
romantic deep-love one-direction
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
aristocracy easy visiting
Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.
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.