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Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages they have learned to understand and be understood by 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
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
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The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
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When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.
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The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
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We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
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Piety softens all that courage bears.
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