Russian Empire Order

Famous quotes containing the words russian, empire and/or order:

“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“An empire is an immense egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

““I have said no
To everything, in order to get at myself.
I have wiped away moonlight like mud....””
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)