Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental despot, whose glance lifts a slave from the dust, and then consigns him to it again.
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 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.
We are rich only through what we give. - Sophie Swetchine
We are rich only through what we give.
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 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.
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