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Woe from Wit

1 min read·rus. Горе от ума · 1825

Quotes

  • Happy people don't watch the clock.
  • The tale is fresh, but hard to believe.
  • What a commission, Creator, to be the father of an adult daughter!
  • Ranks are given by people, but people can be deceived.
  • Blessed is he who believes, for he is warm in this world!
  • A carriage for me, a carriage!
  • Learning is the plague, scholarship is the cause.
  • Nowadays they love the speechless.
  • Evil tongues are more dangerous than a pistol.
  • Glad to serve, but sickened by servility.
Woe from Wit
Date of publication: 23 May 2024
Updated: 13 November 2026
———Original title: rus. Горе от ума · 1825
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