“Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men?”
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Famous Sophie Swetchine Quotes
“The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.”
“We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.”
“I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.”
“Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.”
“Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.”