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Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid.
Suzanne Curchod
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Suzanne Curchod
Age: 55 †
Born: 1739
Born: May 6
Died: 1794
Died: May 15
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Louise-Suzanne Necker
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