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
Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling. — Sophie Swetchine Feelings Copy Share Image
Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men? — Sophie Swetchine Chimera Copy Share Image
Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all. — Sophie Swetchine Gratitude Copy Share Image
Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. — Sophie Swetchine Justice Copy Share Image
To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no… — Sophie Swetchine Achilles Copy Share Image
There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply. — Sophie Swetchine Deserve Copy Share Image
Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms. — Sophie Swetchine Antiquity 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 is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late. — Sophie Swetchine Distance 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 Errors Copy Share Image
By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so. — Sophie Swetchine Becoming 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
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation. — Sophie Swetchine Economics Copy Share Image
The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. — Sophie Swetchine Firsts Copy Share Image
We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians. — Sophie Swetchine Experience 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 Common Copy Share Image
If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remember… — Sophie Swetchine Dues Copy Share Image
If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared. — Sophie Swetchine Death Copy Share Image
In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal. — Sophie Swetchine Consolation Copy Share Image
One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by… — Sophie Swetchine Enemy 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 Accomplices Copy Share Image
