Под игото QUOTES

1 " En général, les malheurs d'autrui suscitent inévitablement trois sentiments chez les tempéraments mesquins : tout d'abord le saisissement ; ensuite la satisfaction intérieure de ne pas être concerné ; enfin, une joie maligne et secrète. Tels sont les sombres instincts que recèle l'âme humaine dans ses tréfonds. "

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3 " ,,Страхът прави жестоко сърцето, той е най-висшата й безобразна форма на егоизма. "

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5 " the dew of suffering to "

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7 " But I prefer Moses with his An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth That’s the natural law, which I follow. "

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9 " This Stoyan,” he thought, “is the very type of the legendary Bulgarian haidoud, with his calm courage in facing death. Not a word of sorrow, of despair, or even of hope. He only wants to die looking his best. Ah! if this heroical fatalism has only passed into the Bulgarian of today, I shall be quite easy in mind as to the end of our struggle. That’s the struggle I seek for—that’s the strength I want—to know how to die, that’s half the battle. "

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11 " But a man, however strong he may be morally, must sooner or later give way to the laws of physics. "

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13 " But what is this freedom ? We are to have a prince—that is to say, a petty Sultan—-of our own; we’re to be oppressed by officials; monks and priests are to fatten on our toil; and the army will sap the very life- springs of the nation. "

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15 " sleeping garrison, wrapped in furs and "

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17 " You can do what you like to me, I’ve only got one life,” answered the old man firmly. "

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19 " When a man is irretrievably ruined, he often puts a bullet through his head or ends his life in some equally rapid and decisive manner. But a nation, however hopeless its bondage, never ends its own existence; it eats, drinks, begets children. "

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