If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
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
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal.
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It is the enemy who keep the sentinel watchful.
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Poor humanity!—so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.
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Silence is like nightfall; objects are lost in it insensibly.
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Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.
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The ideal of friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.
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The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.
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Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sophie Swetchine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.