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Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
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
Honor
Respect
Serious
Feeling
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Men are always invoking justice yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
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Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.
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We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.
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There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: I shall suffer, and I shall die.
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We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.
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