I liked this politically topical line in Lomonosov's ode on the accession of Peter II to the throne:

Ликуют западны пределы,
Предвидя щастие войны.

Literal translation

The western borders rejoice,
Foreseeing the happiness of war.

And what follows is good too:

Европа ныне восхищенна
Внимая смотрит на восток,
И ожидает изумленна,
Какой определит ей рок

Literal translation

Europe, now enraptured,
Looks eastward, listening,
And awaits, astonished,
What fate will be decreed for her

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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I liked this politically topical line in Lomonosov's ode on the accession of Peter II to the throne:

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

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