Paul I Of Russia
Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич; Pavel Petrovich) (1 October 1754 – 23 March 1801) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 71st Grand Master of the Order of Malta (de facto).
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“Be not afraid!”
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“After Stéphane Mallarmé, after Paul Verlaine, after Gustave Moreau, after Puvis de Chavannes, after our own verse, after all our subtle colour and nervous rhythm, after the faint mixed tints of Conder, what more is possible? After us the Savage God.”
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