We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui. Sophie Swetchine More Quotes by Sophie Swetchine More Quotes From Sophie Swetchine The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable. Sophie Swetchine good-man practice people To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence. Sophie Swetchine confidence vulnerable blow Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart. Sophie Swetchine pain deeds heart Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe. Sophie Swetchine blessed air needs God has prohibited despair. Sophie Swetchine despair A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend. Sophie Swetchine malicious clumsy enemy Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart. Sophie Swetchine adorable heart believe How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. Sophie Swetchine One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. Sophie Swetchine In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost. Sophie Swetchine nothing change lost world In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend. Sophie Swetchine friend better force enemy There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there. Sophie Swetchine life
