He who has ceased to enjoy his friend’s superiority has ceased to love him.
Sophie Swetchine Quotes
d. 1857
Anne Sophie Swetchine (November 22, 1782–1857), known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic who converted to Catholicism in 1815 and as a result was forced to emigrate to Paris.
Also known as: Madame Swetchine
114 quotes
In this world of change, nought which comes stays, and nought which goes is last.
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Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
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It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.
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Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.
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The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love.
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The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.
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The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.
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There are times when it would seem as if God fished with a line, and the devil with a net.
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There is, by God’s grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
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Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
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Years do not make sages; they only make old men.
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A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
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Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.
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Consolation heals without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.
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Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
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How can that gift leave a trace which has left no void?
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I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sophie Swetchine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.