Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.
I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.
One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.
The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.