Ivan Andrejevics Krilov idézet

“It is only when our consciences become tangled that the truth begins to hurt.”

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Ivan Krylov

An argosy of fables, "The Rain cloud", translated by translation by William R. S. Ralston, p. 414
The Fables (1883)

“There are many busy-bodies in the world, always worrying, always rushing back and forth; every one wonders at them. They seem ready to jump out of their own skins; but in spite of it all, they make no more progress than does the Squirrel in his wheel.”

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Ivan Krylov

An argosy of fables, "The Rain cloud" p. 402
The Fables (1883)

“We are the Roots of the tree on which you flourish. Go on rejoicing in your beauty! But remember there is this difference between us that with every autumn the old Leaves die, and with every spring new Leaves are born; but if the Roots once perish neither you nor the tree can live at all.”

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Ivan Krylov

An argosy of fables, "The Leaves and the Roots" p. 398
The Fables (1883)