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There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.
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
Nothing
Life
Intact
Steadfast
Keeping
Memories
Sure
Lost
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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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We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
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