Russia Was A Slave In Europe But

... You Can Never Be Sure Of What Has Passed Between Husband And Wife Or Lover And Mistress.

Oh, If Only I Did Nothing Simply As A Result Of Laziness.

Originality And A Feeling Of One's Own Dignity Are Achieved Only Through Work And Struggle.

Power Is Only Vouchsafed To The Man Who Dares To Stoop And Pick It Up. There Is Only One Thing, One Thing Needful: One Has Only To Dare!

... The More I Learned, The More Conscious Did I Become Of The Fact That I Was Ridiculous. So That For Me My Years Of Hard Work At The University Seem In The End To Have Existed For The Sole Purpose Of Demonstrating And Proving To Me, The More Deeply Engrossed I Became In My Studies, That I Was An Utterly Absurd Person