Sophie Swetchine
Sophie Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine, known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryRussian Federation
years youth aging
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
cramps chains
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
saving youth should
Youth should be a savings bank.
love dust evil
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.
example transcendent
There is a transcendent power in example.
reform walks
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.