Anne Sophie Swetchine Quotes


"The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Art, Advice, Being)

"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."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Friend, Enemy, Force, Order)

"In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Change, Nothing, World)

"One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Enemy, Force)

"Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Dignity, Enemy, Vanity)

"Repentance is accepted remorse."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Remorse, Repentance)

"We expect everything and are prepared for nothing."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Nothing)

"Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Strength, Conflict, Weakness)

"The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
"Youth should be a savings bank."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Youth)

"The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Soul, Colors, Mind)

"The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Friendship)

"There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Power, Time, Perseverance, End, Force)

"Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Travel)

"We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly."
- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(Related: Reform)