Russia! Russia! I see you now, from my wondrous, beautiful past I behold you! How wretched, dispersed, and uncomfortable everything is about you... Dead Souls
Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy that which he cannot make? Seagull
It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man. Book VIII
"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it." The Analects of Confucius
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