Famous quotes containing the words emperor and/or nicholas:
“Even the emperor has poor relations.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
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