“I know of no state at present that stands in greater danger. ... All will go well only when the Tsar sits in blood up to his elbows.”
The Dutch merchant Isaac Massa on the state of the Muscovite realm, in a letter to the States General written from Moscow in August 1614
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
