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“Prince Nicholas wrote: ' If your house is broken into and plundered and finally set on fire by persons whom you considered to be your best friends, have the latter any right to call you a 'traitor' because, in despair, you opened your window and screamed for help?”
― Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
― Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
“Ignatov: "...History has shown charm to be the final ambition of the leisure class. What I do find surprising is that the author of the poem in question could have become a man so obviously without purpose. "
Rostov: "I have lived under the impression that a man's purpose is known only to God."
Ignatov: "Indeed. How convenient that must have been for you.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
Rostov: "I have lived under the impression that a man's purpose is known only to God."
Ignatov: "Indeed. How convenient that must have been for you.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“But the mind is its own place, as Milton said, it can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. How does it do that? By remembering, or forgetting. The only tricks a mind can play.”
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“Words are dangerous. Hitler didn't gas a single Jew, but his words gassed millions.”
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“The future belongs to those who dare—but also to those who don’t check their mailboxes too often.”
― The Birthmark Murders: "Death is a Cabaret, Old Chum."
― The Birthmark Murders: "Death is a Cabaret, Old Chum."
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