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The smile upon the old man’s lip, like the last rays of the setting sun, pierces the heart with a sweet and sad emotion. There is still a ray, there is still a smile; but they may be the last.

— Sophie Swetchine Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.

A woman who has not been pretty has never been young.

What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.

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Strength alone knows conflict. Weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.

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