He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain. — Sophie Swetchine Aging Copy Share Image
Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them. — Sophie Swetchine Affection Copy Share Image
Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it. — Sophie Swetchine Ambition Copy Share Image
He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity. — Sophie Swetchine Charity Copy Share Image
The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy. — Sophie Swetchine Compassion Copy Share Image
The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such… — Sophie Swetchine Conceit Copy Share Image
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. — Sophie Swetchine Attaining Copy Share Image
The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you… — Sophie Swetchine Death Copy Share Image
Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a… — Sophie Swetchine Death Copy Share Image
When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all,… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart. — Sophie Swetchine Conscience Copy Share Image
Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense.… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies. The law of contrasts is… — Sophie Swetchine Age Copy Share Image
Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental… — Sophie Swetchine Despots Copy Share Image
Truth only is prolific. Error, sterile in itself, produces only by means of the portion of truth which it contains. It may… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair:… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual,… — Sophie Swetchine Children Copy Share Image
Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations. — Sophie Swetchine Freedom Copy Share Image
