The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.

They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know.

It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.

For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.

What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.