“winter is past, and we have a prospect of spring that is superior to spring itself.” Quote by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“It is not always sorrow that opens the fountains of the eyes.” EyeTearsSorrowFountain Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“the days, and the months, and the years, pass so swiftly, that I can no longer retain them. Time, in its flight, hurries me away, in spite of myself; in vain I endeavor to stop him, he drags me along: the thought of this alarms me.” YearsI CanTimeMonthsFlightVainSpiteEndeavorDragAlarms Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of a journey, we should never stir from the place we were then in: but Providence in kindness to us causes us to forget it. It is much the same with lying-in women. Heaven permits this forgetfulness that the world may be peopled, and that folks may take journeys to Provence.” IfsWorldShouldMindMayLongEndsLyingHeavenCausesForgetKindnessJourneyStrangeTravelFolksPermitProvidenceForget ItForgetfulnessStrange ThingsLong JourneyProvenceEnd Of Journey Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“It is freezing fit to split a stone.” FitStonesWinterSplitsFreezing Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.” ShowsLyingAuthorityCarrieLoadFalsehoodPersuasionPower Of Persuasion Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“... Providence conducts us with so much kindness through the different periods of our life, that we scarcely feel the change; our days glide gently and imperceptibly along, like the motion of the hour-hand, which we cannot discover. ... we advance gradually; we are the same to-day as yesterday, and to-morrow as to-day: thus we go on, without perceiving it, which is a miracle of the Providence I adore.” FeelsDifferentHandsHoursKindnessOur LivesGoes OnPeriodsMiracleYesterdayProvidenceAdoreMorrow Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?” JourneyOughtJourney Through Life Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least, the rarest, the most common, the most public, the most private till today. . . I cannot bring myself to tell you: guess what it is.” TodayCommonSurprisingMarvelousMiraculousAstonishing Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire, we are only so much the nearer losing it; and when at a distance from it, we live in expectation of enjoying it again.” PainLife IsDesireEvilEnjoyPleasureLosingExpectationsDistancePossessionThis LifeGood And EvilPerpetualPain And Pleasure Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“. . . long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of a journey, we should never stir from the place we were then in . . .” IfsShouldMindLongEndsJourneyStrangeStrange ThingsLong JourneyEnd Of Journey Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne