Famous quotes containing the words russian and/or word:
“The French courage proceeds from vanitythe German from phlegmthe Turkish from fanaticism & opiumthe Spanish from pridethe English from coolnessthe Dutch from obstinacythe Russian from insensibilitybut the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“my heart leaps
in wonder.
Cold, fresh, deep, I feel the word water
spelled in my left palm.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)