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There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.

Sophie Swetchine

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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
Diarist
Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Actions
Worth
Words
Action
Best
Much
Germ
Germs
Contain

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Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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