Pushkin Studies.
What was there that great Pushkin never knew?
He never knew a single chastushka,
Never saw a single matryoshka
In her lacquered little dress.
The birch as the symbol of Rus'
He never called, God forbid.
In his day it was not suited
To that role. It was what they flogged with.
Literal translation
Valentin Berestov (1928-1998)
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
