142 Quotes by Sophie Swetchine

Years do not make sages; they only make old men.

Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies. The law of contrasts is one of the laws of beauty. Under the conditions of our climate, shadow gives light its worth; sternness enhances mildness; solemnity, splendor. Varying proportions of size support and subserve one another.

Life grows darker as we go on, till only one pure light is left shining on it; and that is faith. Old age, like solitude and sorrow, has its revelations.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.

Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.

The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.

True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.