Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Sophie von La Roche

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German novelist Sophie von La Roche.
Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Sophie von La Roche

Marie Sophie von La Roche was a German novelist. She is considered the first financially independent female professional writer in Germany.

Never raise your hand menacingly, but only in a friendly gesture! — © Sophie von La Roche
Never raise your hand menacingly, but only in a friendly gesture!
none but the estimable shall hear from me that I esteem them. The whole world is entitled to my courtesy, but greater tribute than that must be earned through virtuous acts.
Examine the measure of your children's capacities, and leave none of them uncultivated. However modest you may be in dress and other expenditures for a person of your rank, consecrate all you have to your children's education.
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