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The most fascinating woman in Petersburg.
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Notes to War and Peace — Aylmer Maude translation
136 notes in Aylmer Maude translation. Follow a thought back to its place in the book.
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God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware!
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Cousinhood is a dangerous neighborhood.
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To err is human.
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You expect to make an income out of the government.
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So that squares matters.
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Hors d’oeuvres.
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Do you know the proverb?
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That suits us down to the ground.
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Hollow.
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I just ask you that.
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Catherine.
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A bastard.
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And all that follows therefrom.
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“Marlborough is going to the wars; God knows when he’ll return.”
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To understand all is to forgive all.
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Kutúzov.
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“Good God, what simplicity!”
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“Forty thousand men massacred and the army of our allies destroyed, and you find that a cause for jesting!”
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“It is all very well for that good-for-nothing fellow of whom you have made a friend, but not for you, not for you.”
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“A very good morning! A very good morning!”
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“Busy already?”
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“Hurrah for the Austrians! Hurrah for the Russians! Hurrah for Emperor Alexander!”
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“And hurrah for the whole world!”
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