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.
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.
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.
time golden showers
Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
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.