3 Quotes Tagged: russians

The Russian soul is a dark place.

Russia will never be really civilized, because it was civilized too soon. Peter has a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing. ... His first wish was to make Germans or Englishmen, when he ought to have been making Russians; and he prevented his subjects from ever becoming what they might have been by persuading them that they were what they are not.

... to pour out one's heart and not drink vodka at the same time, well, that is inconceivable for a Russian soul...