Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynYou took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAs for Europe, its claims towards Russia are fairly transparently based on fears about energy, unjustified fears at that.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn