What did Sophie Swetchine mean by: Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain. Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia Copy
We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Deception, Strength, Support, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age. Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Creativity, Immortality, Youth, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it. Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Ambition, Passion, Perseverance, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations. Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Liberty, Punishment, Reward, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Distance, Elitism, History, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men. Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Honesty, Men, Saints, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men? Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Desire, Illusion, Perfection, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal. Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Sophie Swetchine, Healing, Health, Recovery, 0 Sophie Swetchine Writer · Russia
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness. Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
