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Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.
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
Ever
Heart
Uppermost
Good
Afflict
Console
Deeds
Faults
Conscience
Pain
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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.
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Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.
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The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.
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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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