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In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow.
Sophie Swetchine
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Sophie Swetchine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1782
Born: November 22
Died: 1857
Died: September 10
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Lady-In-Waiting
Salonnière
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
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Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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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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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.
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