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[ sources ] Contemporaries talk about Tsarist Russia - about Russia that no longer exists, about real Russia...
Monastery of Nilova Pustyn (Tver region, Ostashkov, Lake Seliger), photo by S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky, May 1910.
“The population of Russia by 1948 will be (about 344 million people) higher than the total population of the five other large European countries... <...> If the large European nations fare the same way between 1912 and 1950 as they did between 1910 and 1912, then by the middle of this century Russia will dominate Europe, both politically and economically and financially.” (Edmond Théry, French economist, editor of the Economist European. 1914).
“I finish expressing my opinion on the likely success of the government’s undertaking, agreeing with the opinion of an outstanding rural owner, a native of Switzerland, who has been managing one of the largest estates in Russia in the Kharkov province for 40 years, that another 25 years of peace and 25 years of land management - then Russia will become a completely different country" (Professor of the Berlin Agricultural Academy Auhagen, 1913)
“It is clear that on average in 1914 the Tsar’s subjects were better fed and clothed than their immediate predecessors” (Paul Getrell, English scholar)
“Our cities are growing at a truly American pace. A whole number of railway stations, factory and factory towns, especially in the south, turned to large urban centers - for all their warehouses and cultural needs" (Chairman of the Council of Congresses of Representatives of Industry and Trade N. Avdakov. 1914)
“The broad masses, the peasantry, are in a better economic position than ever before” (Maurice Bering, English writer, from the book “The Foundations of Russia”)
“Your Emperor has created such perfect labor legislation that no democratic state can boast of” (William Taft, US President. 1913)
“One of the deep and most important phenomena of the era we are experiencing in the history of Russia is the powerful revival of the Russian village, full of youthful energy... Never before has our village experienced such a powerful educational influence as it is experiencing now <...> The peasant economy of 1917 is not what the peasant economy was the economy of 1905... the fields are cultivated differently, the livestock are kept differently, the peasants sell more, buy more. Peasant cooperation covered our village and regenerated it. Our peasants have become more developed and more cultured...” (Russian professor-economist A.V. Chayanov, 1916)
“... In the Moscow province there was a rapid redistribution of land between landowners and the peasantry. Landowners near Moscow... became poor and went bankrupt with incredible speed; Smart and hard-working peasants, without even going to work, quickly went up the hill, savvyly combining agriculture with all kinds of crafts: many worked as drivers in Moscow, many burned coal, and most worked in factories in the winter. A large new house under an iron roof, two or even three good horses, two or three cows - it was becoming not uncommon. There were geese, pigs, and in some places even apple orchards. The cooperatives worked efficiently, supplying low-income peasants with everything they needed, from nails to agricultural machinery. Under the influence of the spirit of the times, the landowners allowed themselves less and less to deny the peasants the use of their threshing machines and winnowing machines. Zemstvo activity expanded. The good horse gradually began to be replaced by a small, weak horse - the main builder of the peasant economy. Hospitals and schools were improved, and provincial and district teacher courses were established in some places. Literacy grew slowly but persistently...” (Fyodor Stepun, writer)
“...the whole environment was distinguished by significant mental development and a high level of its everyday needs. I was surprised to see that these workers lived no worse, and many of them even much better, than the students. On average, each of them earned from 1 rub. 25 kopecks up to 2 rub. per day <…> all the workers of this layer dressed incomparably better <…> our student brother” (G. Plekhanov, Marxist revolutionary)
“...since the end of the 19th century in the field of world literature<...> the French and English lost primacy, it passed to the country demonstrating something new in literature <...> The Russian novel now determines literary fashion. We should all learn Russian" (Matthew Arnold, English critic and literary scholar)
“The years of the reign of Nicholas II were characterized by rapid industrial growth; there was a rapid transformation of the peasantry into smallholders, education was rapidly spreading, new, diverse and original cultural processes were observed, an entire generation was introduced to political experience through zemstvos, municipalities, the Duma and the courts; and a grandiose development of Siberia took place” (American researcher J. Spargo)
“The medical organization created by the Russian zemstvo was the greatest achievement of our era in the field of social medicine, since it provided free medical care, open to everyone, and also had deep educational significance” (Swiss scientist F. Frisman)
“In the whole world and at all times there has not been such a humane, cultural and impartial court as the Russian one. Trial by jury, with its traditional rights of the defendant, with its unheard-of, crystalline humanity, exists only in Russia" (English Professor Smiles)
“One of the most frequent attacks against the Russian Monarchy was the assertion that it was reactionary and obscurantist, that it was an enemy of enlightenment and progress. In fact, it was, in all likelihood, the most progressive government in Europe... It is easy to refute the opinion that the Russian people rejected Tsarism and that the revolution found Russia in a state of decline, collapse and exhaustion... Having visited Russia in 1909, I expected to find traces of suffering everywhere after the Japanese War and the Troubles of 1905. Instead, I noticed a miraculous restoration... A rapidly growing industry, an influx of capital... Why did the catastrophe happen?.. Why did the Russian Monarchy fall almost without a fight?.. It did not fall because it had outlived its usefulness. It fell for purely accidental reasons" (Professor at the University of Edinburgh Charles Sarolea)
Russian culture of the early twentieth century was called by the French poet Paul Valéry “one of the wonders of the world.”
“Fate has never been as cruel to any country as to Russia. Her ship sank while the harbor was in sight. She had already weathered the storm when everything collapsed. All the sacrifices have already been made, all the work has been completed. Despair and treason took hold of power when the task was already completed...” (Winston Churchill)
“The provinces joined the speculative fever of the capital, and by the fall of 1913, Russia from a country of idle landowners and malnourished peasants had turned into a country ready to leap, bypassing all economic barriers, into the kingdom of the domestic Wall Street!” (from the memoirs of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich)
“There was no area in the army that was not subject to reform based on the experience of the war. These were the years of bright burning of the army soul, the years of truly great reforms. Reforms as ideologically lofty as the military reforms of Emperor Alexander II, but in terms of creative scale and results significantly superior to them" (General Boris Shteifon on the military reforms of Nicholas II)
“It took Peter the Great nine years to turn the vanquished of Narva into the victors of Poltava. The last Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army, Emperor Nicholas II, did the same great work in a year and a half” (General Nikolai Lokhvitsky about the Sovereign’s activities as commander of the Russian Army)
“...Russia’s combat readiness since the Russo-Japanese War has made absolutely exceptional progress and is at a height never before reached. It should be especially noted that in some ways it surpasses the combat readiness of other powers, including Germany <... > after 1917, the power of Russia will be insurmountable, it will be the dominant force in Europe, and I don’t know what to do with it” (General von Moltke- Jr., Chief of the German General Staff)
“The future belongs to Russia” (Bettmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor)
“The pace of economic and cultural development of the country, structural changes in the national economy seemed so impressive that the chairman of the syndical chamber of Parisian stockbrokers M. Vernail, who came to St. Petersburg in the summer of 1913 to clarify the conditions for providing Russia with the next loan, predicted the inevitable, as it seemed to him, Over the next 30 years, there will be a tremendous rise in Russian industry, which can be compared with the colossal shifts in the US economy in the last third of the 19th century.”
“Russia lived an unusually broad and active life, the number of working, healthy, strong people in it was constantly increasing.” (Ivan Bunin)
“Young Russian talent seemed to be bulging out everywhere, everything was blossoming... There was a whiff of renewal in the air, and it seemed that all of Russia was awakening, dreaming some kind of fabulous, rainbow-colored dreams.” (writer The Wanderer (S. G. Petrov)
“My overall impression is more than comforting. After the terrible shake-up, Russia is undoubtedly experiencing a strong economic recovery, helped by the harvest of the last two years. Siberia is growing fabulously: in the waterless steppes, which two years ago were considered unsuitable for settlement, in the last few months not only villages, but almost cities have grown.” (P. A. Stolypin, from a letter to the Tsar)
“Give us 20 years of peace, internal and external, and you will not recognize today’s Russia!” (P. A. Stolypin)
“The majestic windows of the grand-ducal palaces burned purple in the fire of sunset. The sound of horse hooves awakened a sensitive echo in the wide streets. On the embankment, yellow and blue cuirassiers exchanged glances with slender, veiled women. Luxurious exits, with footmen in decorative liveries, stood in front of jewelry stores whose windows displayed pink pearls and emeralds. Far away, beyond the shining river with bridges spanning the water, the brick chimneys of large factories and factories were piled up. And in the evenings, swan maidens twirled on the stage of the Imperial Ballet to the accompaniment of the best orchestra in the world.” (St. Petersburg at the beginning of the twentieth century, from the memoirs of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich)
Modern Quotes
Modern man does not know what to do with the time and forces that he has lost from his hands.
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There are only two options for how to spend your life. The first is not believing in miracles. The second is hoping that they still happen.
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I, just like all normal people, am at a loss before the realities of the current world.
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Stars have no reason to fear being mistaken for fireflies.
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What might the neighbors think? - this is where modern psychology begins and ends.
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There is no one I know who still attends church on weekends. Instead, we go to the hypermarket to buy groceries.
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If a modern person soberly evaluates everything that is happening in the world, then he will have no arguments left against the fact that the Antichrist already rules on earth.
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To be considered modern means the ability to outpace your own time so much that it is not difficult for it to catch up with you.
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Top quote: In the world, sincerity and sincerity are as rare as not wearing a mask on your face during a masquerade ball.
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My young contemporaries are simply terrible, I barely managed to defend my honor...
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He saw in himself the personification of a typical representative of modernity, in whom there is no faith in God, the devil, or himself.
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These days, it's hard not to lose hope of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Luckily, good old rock is with us!
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Today's politicians cannot be divided into white and red - they are all gray.
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A modern girl should understand three important sciences: sewing, cooking and hairdressing... in order to become the wife of an oligarch, she can give sensible instructions to her dressmakers, cooks and hairdressers.
Original quotes with meaning from the lips of the heroes of your favorite books
Throughout our lives, the book has been our reliable assistant and excellent advisor. Having made friends at an early age, a person does not part with her even when he becomes a pensioner.
Books give us answers to a thousand global questions, teach us how to live, and suggest the right decisions. This is why we experience love and desperately need them. A good work can evoke a lot of feelings and a storm of emotions in the soul. And if statements from it diverge into catchphrases and do not cease to be relevant even after 100-200 years, then the book can be called a masterpiece without fear.
The collection from MirPozitiva.ru, which contains only the best quotes from the books of modern authors and the wise thoughts of the classics, allows you to once again be convinced of the power of words.
There are worse crimes than burning books. For example, don’t read them. Ray Bradbury "Fahrenheit 451"
We cannot stand people with the same shortcomings as us. Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
You can lie on the bridge and watch the water flow. Or run, or wander through the swamp in red boots, or curl up in a ball and listen to the rain pattering on the roof. It's very easy to be happy. Tove Jansson "All About the Moomins"
It's hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember joy. Happiness leaves no memorable scars. Chuck Palahniuk "Diary"
Decisions made in the dead of night usually fade in the light of day. Diana Setterfield "The Thirteenth Tale"
If everything in the world is meaningless, said Alice, what prevents you from inventing some meaning? Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland"
I won't think about it today, I'll think about it tomorrow. Margaret Mitchell "Gone with the Wind"
There is some kind of magic hidden in books. They are able to captivate and absorb attention so much that you are ready to re-read it several times. It is not uncommon that statements from works become firmly established in the reader’s vocabulary and are used by him every day in a wide variety of life situations.
When we are overwhelmed with joy, we look for beautiful quotes from our favorite characters about happiness; if we experience love, we select an interesting expression that most closely matches our feelings.
Sometimes the blues attack us and we need support; in such cases, examples of motivational positive quotes from books help us. You read them and understand that life is wonderful, incredibly interesting and you can control everything in it.
Happiness has no tomorrow; he doesn’t even have yesterday; it does not remember the past, does not think about the future; he has a present - and that is not a day, but a moment. Ivan Turgenev "Asya"
By accepting ourselves as we are, we lose hope of becoming who we should be. John Fowles "The Magus"
It is much more difficult to judge yourself than others. If you can judge yourself correctly, then you are truly wise. Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince"
Whoever wants to hold on loses. They try to hold on to those who are ready to let go with a smile. Erich Maria Remarque, "Life on Borrow"
Where fate has its reasons, a person without imagination will find only chance. Mark Levy "Meet Again"
Whoever wants to hold on loses. They try to hold on to those who are ready to let go with a smile. Erich Maria Remarque "Life on Borrow"
If you don’t see a way out of the situation, act illogically, this will be the way out. Coco Chanel, "A Life Told by Herself"
Novels are considered one of the most common genres. It is not surprising, because love is the most important human feeling, a kind of engine. Therefore, quotes and aphorisms about it from the lips of heroes sometimes even become a person’s life credo.
They very accurately convey the whole range of feelings, show what is going on in the soul, and fully reflect its state. Whatever your love may be - unhappy, unrequited, driving you crazy, giving you insane happiness, you can always find a saying in books that exactly corresponds to the state of your heart.
Sometimes they help to better understand what is going on inside. Quotes about love from books are an excellent guide to the world of this magical feeling.
You need to love and praise yourself. Don’t entrust such a responsible task to strangers. Max Fry, "Simple Magical Things"
It seemed to me that a woman should not tell a man that she loves him. Let her shining, happy eyes speak about this. They speak louder than any words. Erich Maria Remarque "Three Comrades"
If you were born without wings, don't stop them from growing. Henri Guidel "Coco Chanel"
If a girl comes on a date and looks beautiful, who will be upset that she is late? Nobody! Jerome Salinger "The Catcher in the Rye"
When I love someone very much, I never tell anyone his name. It's like giving away some part of someone you love to others. Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Only an unhappy person knows what happiness is. A happy person feels the joy of life no more than a mannequin: he only demonstrates this joy, but it is not given to him. The light doesn't shine when it's light. He shines in the darkness. Erich Remarque Maria "Three Comrades"
Pass us by and forgive us our happiness! Fyodor Dostoevsky "Idiot"
So often, while reading books, you catch yourself thinking that you want to copy out some individual statements from it, remember it, and share it with friends. They captivate with their deep meaning, amaze with their accuracy, and surprise with their relevance.
Sometimes it is enough to read a single catchphrase about life, and how involuntarily it becomes the most important motto in all matters, allowing you to easily cope with problems and overcome difficulties.
A great writer is not one who became famous by writing a hundred books. An author can be called great, whose even the smallest work has long been scattered among people into aphorisms that do not lose their significance from year to year.
And when each of his interesting stories, novels or novels gives us more than one thousand quotes with meaning about happiness, devotion, friendship, love and other feelings, we can deeply bow to the author. He is a true professional and works for people's happiness.
I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me: and I learned to hate. M. Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”
The moon is a reflection of the eyes. When two people look at her from different ends of the earth, they certainly meet their gaze. Elchin Safarli, “Sweet salt of the Bosphorus”
He has no time, everyone interferes with him, but he lies there and does nothing. Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Crime and Punishment”
Moving waves with the power of thought is not a miracle, it’s a trick, but a single mother working three jobs to feed four children is a miracle. You people often forget that the power lies within you. Mario Puzo "The Godfather"
You are only lonely when you have time for it. Janusz Leon Vishnevsky “Loneliness on the Internet”
People who don't have their own lives always interfere with someone else's. Carlos Ruiz Zafon "Shadow of the Wind"
The most important thing is not the big thing that others have come up with, but the small thing that you yourself have come to... Haruki Murakami “My favorite sputnik”
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31. If you want to succeed, ask yourself 4 questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not right now? Jimmy Dean
32. Our destiny is shaped by those small, imperceptible decisions that we make 100 times a day. Anthony Robbins
33. Failure is simply an opportunity to start again, but more wisely. Henry Ford
34. Even if you are very talented and put in a lot of effort, some results just take time: you won't get a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant. Warren Buffett
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35. When you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: “What should I do?” In the evening before falling asleep: “What have I done?” Pythagoras
36. Do today what others do not want, tomorrow you will live in a way that others cannot. author unknown
37. I used to say, “I hope things change.” Then I realized that the only way for everything to change is to change myself. Jim Rohn
38. Hard work is the accumulation of easy things that you didn't do when you should have done them. John Maxwell
39. You learn the fastest in three cases - before the age of 7, during trainings, and when life has driven you into a corner. Stephen Covey
40. A warrior does not give up what he loves. He finds love in what he does. Peaceful warrior
41. A warrior acts, but a fool protests. Peaceful warrior
42. He who does nothing makes no mistakes! Don't be afraid to make mistakes - don't be afraid to repeat mistakes! Theodore Roosevelt
43. A ship is safer in a port, but that’s not what it was built for. Grace Hopper
44. There is only one way to do great work - to love it! Steve Jobs
45. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. Chinese proverb
46. Do what you can with what you have and where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
47. Nothing great can happen without an idea! Without the great there can be nothing beautiful. Gustave Flaubert
48. Every dream is given to you along with the strength necessary to realize it. Richard Bach
49. Life is a big canvas and you should throw all the paint you can onto it. Danny Kaye
50. A journey of a thousand miles begins with one single small step. Lao Tzu
51. A successful person is always an amazing artist of his imagination. Imagination is much more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, but imagination is unlimited. Albert Einstein
52. Investments in knowledge yield the highest dividends. Benjamin Franklin
53. Success is the ability to wake up in the morning and fall asleep in the evening, having time to do what you really like between these two events. Bob Dylan
54. Never underestimate yourself. Everything that others do, you can do too. Brian Tracy
55. Great minds set goals for themselves; other people follow their desires. Washington Irving
56. If you give up on your dreams, what will be left? Jim carrey
57. Either you control the day or the day controls you. Jim Rohn
58. Happiness does not lie in always doing what you want, but in always wanting what you do. Lev Tolstoy
59. When you introduce any innovations, be prepared to be called crazy. Larry Ellison
60. Great souls have will, but weak souls have only desires. Chinese proverb
61. Try to become market leaders. Own and control critical technologies in everything you do. Steve Jobs
62. Hidden in your subconscious is a power that can turn the world upside down. William James
63. Do business with people you like and who share your goals. Warren Buffett
64. We are what we constantly do. Therefore, excellence is not an action, but a habit. Aristotle
65. We are the masters of our destiny. We are the captains of our souls. Winston Churchill
66. Motivation alone is not enough. If you take an idiot and motivate him, you get a motivated idiot. Jim Rohn
67. You're never too old for that. To set a new goal or dream about something new. Clive Staples Lewis
68. The most important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept trying even when there was no hope left. Dale Cornegy
69. If you want to be successful, you have to look like you have it. Thomas More
70. Anyone who cannot have 2/3 of a day for himself should be called a slave. Friedrich Nietzsche
71. Anyone who wants to see the results of his work immediately should become a shoemaker. Albert Einstein
72. Our achievements always correspond to our ambitions. Andrey Kurpatov
73. In twenty years, you will regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did do. Therefore, cast aside your doubts. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the fair wind with your sails. Explore. Dream. Open it up. Mark Twain
74. If you don’t learn to control yourself, others will control you. Khasai Aliyev
75. Smile because life is a wonderful thing and there are many reasons to smile. Marilyn Monroe
76. Not all wheels have been invented yet: the world is too amazing to sit idly by. Richard Branson
77. I didn’t have working days or rest days. I just did it and will enjoy it. Thomas Edison
78. A person cannot act correctly in one area of his life when he acts incorrectly in others. Life is an indivisible whole. Mahatma Gandhi
79. Instead of complaining that a rose has thorns, I rejoice that a rose grows among the thorns. Joseph Joubert
80. You will never cross the ocean if you are afraid of losing sight of the shore. Christopher Columbus
81. Strive to be not just a successful person, but a valuable one. Albert Einstein
82. They say that motivation does not last long. Well, so does freshness after a bath. Therefore, it is worth taking care of them daily. Zig Ziglar
83. Believe that you can, and half the way has already been completed. Theodore Roosevelt
85. Life is measured not by the number of our breaths, but by the number of moments that take our breath away. Maya Angelou
86. Feel the tailwind in your sail. Move...If there is no wind, take the oars. Latin proverb
87. If you appreciate what you have in life, you will always get more. If you only think about what you don't have, you will never have enough. Oprah Winfrey
88. Either write a book worth reading, or do something worth writing a book. Benjamin Franklin
89. I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career and lost almost 300 games. 26 times I was trusted to take the final winning shot and missed. I failed again and again and again. And that's why I was successful. Michael Jordan
90. A meaningless life is not worth living. Socrates
91. 80% of success is showing up in the right place at the right time. Woody Allen
92. Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life.
93. Freedom is worthless if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi
94. The two most important days in your life: the day you were born and the day you realized why. Mark Twain
95. The best revenge is a huge success. Frank Sinatra
96. Start copying what you like. Copy. Copy. Copy. And you will find yourself. Yoji Yamamoto
97. The real hobby of our generation is whining and stupid chatter about nothing. Failed relationships, problems with school, the boss is an asshole. This is all complete bullshit. If nothing works out for you, then there is only one asshole - that's you. And you will be very surprised if you find out how much you can change just by getting your ass off the couch. George Carlin
98. Don't be different if you can be yourself. Paracelsus
99. Tomorrow is the first blank page of a book of 365 pages. Write a good book. Brad Paisley
100. What is not written down will never be fulfilled. Tom Clancy
