a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it

I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.

Art, if one employs this term in the broad sense that includes poetry within its realm, is an art of creation laden with ideals, located at the very core of the life of a people, defining the spiritual and moral shape of that life.

It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.

He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!

a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it