Ivan Krylov — a remark

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“In friendship, as in love, we should guard feeling and taste from growing dull; such caution is permissible.”

Original: В дружбе, как в любви, должно щадить чувства и вкус от притупления: сия предосторожность позволена. — Friendship, like love, needs care if familiarity is not to blunt feeling. · Essay “On Friendship”, 1792 (Russian)

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Ivan Krylov

13 February 1769–21 November 1844

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, born on 13 February 1769 and dead on 21 November 1844, occupies a singular place in Russian literature: he is at once a classic author taught to children, a master satirist quoted by politicians and journalists, and a poet whose compact animal tales preserve an unusually sharp view of human…

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“Friendship, then, should rest on the strongest foundation: respect, strengthened by knowledge of another's worth, a foundation that cannot be shaken.”

Original: Итак, должно утверждать дружество на крепчайшем основании; почтение, подкрепляемое знанием достоинств; вот основание, которое никогда не может поколебаться. — He makes lasting friendship depend on informed respect rather than passing affection. · Essay “On Friendship”, 1792 (Russian)

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