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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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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.
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To have ideas is to gather flowers to think is to weave them into garlands.
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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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Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
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The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
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Youth should be a savings bank.
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The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
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