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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
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Sofia Petrovna Soymonova
Madame Swetchine
Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine
Pain
Ever
Heart
Uppermost
Good
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Deeds
Faults
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Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.
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A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
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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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Indulgence is lovely in the sinless toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.
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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.
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