Author of quotes: Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova

The more a person is intelligent and knowledgeable, so be careful.

Russian language beauty, abundance, importance and various kinds of measures in versification, which is not in other, superior to many European languages, and therefore solitile that the Russians, ignoring such a strong and expressive language, zealously seek to speak or write imperfectly, the language is very low for the hardness of our spirit and generous feelings of the heart. What would a flourishing condition brought Russians their literature, had they known the price of their tongue!