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Interesting! 222 years to A.S.Griboedov
15 january 2017
222 year ago on 15 January Alexander Sergeevich Griboedov was born. He was a famous Russian diplomat, poet and playwright. His most well-know writing is a verse comedy "Woe for Wit" which contains a large number of phrases that define Russian mindset and have already become catch phrases in Russian language.
These prases include the following:
"Служить бы рад, прислуживаться тошно" // "I'd love to serve. Servility is what I hate"
"Свежо предание, а верится с трудом" // "Fresh is the story, yet it is doubtful to me"
"А судьи кто?" // "I wonder who the judges are"
"Дома новы, но предрассудки стары" // "The houses are new, the prejudices are old"
"Ба! Знакомые все лица" // "My! I see familiar faces"
"Блажен, кто верует, - тепло ему на свете" // "Blessed are the credulous for they are carefree"
"И дым Отечества нам сладок и приятен" // "We're find the smoke of Homeland best"
The English variant is provided in the translation of A.S.Vagapov