Famous quotes containing the words russian and/or word:
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The word snob belongs to the sour-grape vocabulary.”
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)