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Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

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
Goddess
Lions
Face
Faces
Love
Talons
Lion

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