A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even of a single coterie. It sees the light in one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is petted, developed, and attains its growth in a third; and receives its finishing touches only after passing through a multitude of hands. It is a child that can count a host of fathers--all ready to disown it.
Sophie SwetchineI like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.
Sophie SwetchineMen do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.
Sophie Swetchine