They insist that an author should write in the strictest, purest and noblest language: in short, they expect the Russian language to drop from the clouds, already refined, and that it should come naturally to the lips, so that all they have to do is to open their mouth and stick out their tongue. It goes without saying, of course, that the feminine half of the human species is very wise; but it must be confessed that our respected readers are even wiser. Dead Souls

The word which God has written on the brow of every man is Hope. Les Misérables

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”   1984

What's yours is mine and what's mine is my own. Ulysses