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The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
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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Masters
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Soul
Mind
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Mindfulness
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Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
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