Too Much Art Was No Art At

Only The First Swath Cut By The Scythe Is Difficult.

An Opposition Is Necessary And Desirable For The Healthy Development Of Any Country. You Can Scarcely Find Anyone In Opposition, Except For The Communists, Just Like In Yeltsin's Times. It Is Regrettable That There Is Still No Constructive, Clear And Large-scale Opposition In Russia. The Growth And Development Of An Opposition, As Well As The Maturing Of Other Democratic Institutions, Will Take More Time And Experience.

A Forest Doesn't Weep Over One Tree.

Vladimir Putin Inherited A Ransacked And Bewildered Country, With A Poor And Demoralized People. And He Started To Do What Was Possible - A Slow And Gradual Restoration. These Efforts Were Not Noticed, Nor Appreciated, Immediately. In Any Case, One Is Hard Pressed To Find Examples In History When Steps By One Country To Restore Its Strength Were Met Favorably By Other Governments.

Some Are Bound To Die Young. By Dying Young A Person Stays Young In People's Memory. If He Burns Brightly Before He Dies, His Brightness Shines For All Time.