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. Sophie Swetchine More Quotes by Sophie Swetchine More Quotes From Sophie Swetchine The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. Sophie Swetchine health roots men I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men. Sophie Swetchine honesty men people If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love. Sophie Swetchine earth god looks It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course. Sophie Swetchine moderation flow littles Piety softens all that courage bears. Sophie Swetchine piety bears We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious. Sophie Swetchine piety labor reason When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries? Sophie Swetchine silver riches pieces America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty. Sophie Swetchine careers age america We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us. Sophie Swetchine judging character men There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die. Sophie Swetchine destiny pride men My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it. Sophie Swetchine love-is inspire death God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant. Sophie Swetchine ignorant faults certain Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others. Sophie Swetchine insufferable encounters faults Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others. Sophie Swetchine insufferable encounters faults He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him. Sophie Swetchine superiority friends enjoy Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum. Sophie Swetchine asylums unhappy friendship I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal. Sophie Swetchine atoms god may Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation. Sophie Swetchine economy The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy. Sophie Swetchine justice-of-god injustice men Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. Sophie Swetchine should justice men
