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To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

Ivan Panin

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Ivan Panin
Age: 86 †
Born: 1855
Born: December 12
Died: 1942
Died: October 30
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Tsarist Russia
Ivan Nikolayevich Panin
Wise
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Temptation
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Mirror
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