Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions. - Alexander Pushkin

He filled a shelf with a small army of books and read and read; but none of it made sense. .. They were all subject to various cramping limitations: those of the past were outdated, and those of the present were obsessed with the past.

The heavy hanging chains shall fall,
The walls shall crumble at the word,
And Freedom greet you with the light
And brothers give you back the sword.

It’s now the British Muse’s fables That lie on maidens’ bedside tables And haunt their dreams. They worship now The Vampire with his pensive brow,