We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts. - Sophie Swetchine
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
- Sophie Swetchine
We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past. - Sophie Swetchine
We are always looking into the future, but we see only the past.
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose. - Sophie Swetchine
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands. - Sophie Swetchine
To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. - Sophie Swetchine
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late. - Sophie Swetchine
There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared. - Sophie Swetchine
If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there. - Sophie Swetchine
There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.
We are rich only through what we give. - Sophie Swetchine
We are rich only through what we give.
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