‘You’re not Dostoyevsky,’ said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev.
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Ivan Krylov’s Fable “The Dragonfly & the Ant” (1808)
In the summer’s gaily singing,
Of the future isn’t thinking,
But the winter’s nearby.
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Ivan Krylov’s Fable “Swan, Pike & Crawfish”.
In 1814 Ivan Krylov wrote a fable called “Swan, Pike and Crawfish“:
When partners can’t agree
Their dealings come to naught
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