Famous quotes containing the words century, russia and/or imperial:
“Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“... gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hatpin.”
—Mary Heaton Vorse (18741966)
“Fair tresses mans imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)