Author of quotes: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. Page 5
The first question that explain recent developments is the question about the attitude to the idea of patriotism countless parasites that fills the world. <...> Almost at every step we have to listen to judgments like the following: "it is true that N robbed the Treasury, but what a patriot!" or: "is it true that N let the world a lot of people, but what a Christian!" and these judgments are not only not kill our conscience, but not even surprise us. Therefore, the incompatibility of such things as embezzlement and patriotism, are not so clear, to be able to consider the questions above completely abolished.
Quote Explanation: Essay "Power of events". First printed in the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, No. 10, (vol. in the light of 16 Oct. 1870), later became part of the collection: "the signs of the times".
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MegaMozg 19-05-2017 / 19:30
Incorrectly believe those who think that only those piscary can be considered worthy citizens, who, mad with fear, sitting in holes and shaking. No, it's not the citizens, and at least useless piscary.
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MegaMozg 18-01-2017 / 18:06
Who says in my word "imagination", he, however, pronounces the word "woman" and Vice versa.
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MegaMozg 17-01-2017 / 16:34
Doubt - it's the Bane of human existence. Thanks to them a person first gets a notion of the injustices and hardships of life; with their invasion, he begins to compare, to analyze not only their own actions but also the actions of others. And sorrow, a deep, inescapable sorrow sinks into his soul; the grief should murmuring, and there's only one step away from anger...
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MegaMozg 17-01-2017 / 15:00
What is life without ideals? Is a set of corrupting things, and only.
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MegaMozg 17-01-2017 / 15:00
The ability to say exactly what you need and that's the way to listen to you and understand is a great skill that is given to very few, but which no one has the right to neglect.
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MegaMozg 17-01-2017 / 12:28
The educational value of patriotism is enormous: it is the school in which the person develops the perception of the idea of humanity.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 18:37
I love Russia and the pain in her heart and can't even imagine myself anywhere except Russia.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 18:37
- Mon cher, - used to say Cruizin, will divide everything equally today and tomorrow inequality still come into its own.
Quote Explanation: The cycle of "stuff of life". Lucky (sketch).
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 18:37
Russian woman is always the same: and in the city and in the village she is always looking for some lost pin and can not remain silent that the discovery of this pin can save the world.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 18:37
Stupid, in a rough sense of the word, Strunnikova was not perfect, but he was bright just enough to, as they say, tallow candles and glass do not wipe.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 16:31
If the Holy Rus people will begin to wonder what he will stolbeneyut in surprise, and so to death with a pole and stand.
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MegaMozg 16-01-2017 / 16:31
I confess without reservation: I do not have the right to have a very high opinion of himself. The best of the qualities which I possess, there is something like Socrates: I know that I know nothing.
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MegaMozg 13-01-2017 / 15:07
Because from experience we know that a rifled gun shoots farther than a shotgun whose barrel has an inside smooth...
Quote Explanation: Rifled gun is an educated man, well-mannered.
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MegaMozg 13-01-2017 / 15:01
Pie stuffed with orality and publicity, - for pity's sake! Yes, it is delicious that the age of eat it and age will not be full!
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MegaMozg 13-01-2017 / 15:01
