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He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
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
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Ceased
Superiority
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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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Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
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