Anne Sophie Swetchine Quotes

1782-1857, Russian Author
quotes
13
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“Repentance is accepted remorse.”
Repentance
“Youth should be a savings bank.”
Youth
“Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.”
Vanity
“We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.”
Expectation
“We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.”
Correction
“The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.”
Friends and Friendship
“Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.”
Strength
“How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.”
Amiability
“In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.”
Change
“We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep.”
Giving
“The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.”
Happiness
“One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.”
Enemies
“There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.”
Goals