Talk:Kozma Prutkov

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 * Many things are not well understood by us not because our concepts are weak, but because those things lay outside of our concepts
 * Многие вещи нам непонятны не потому, что наши понятия слабы; но потому, что сии вещи не входят в круг наших понятий
 * Throwing pebbles into the water, look at the ripples they form on the surface. Otherwise this activity will be an empty amusement.
 * Where is the beginning of the end that comes at the end of the beginning?
 * If you have a fountain, shut it down. Let even a fountain have a rest.
 * If you see a "buffalo" sign on an elephant's cage, do not trust your eyes.
 * If ever asked: What's more useful, the sun or the moon, respond: The moon. For the sun only shines during daytime, when it's light anyway, whereas the moon shines at night.
 * Usually associated with Nasreddin.
 * Nobody can take hold of limitless.
 * Beware!
 * When it concerns art, every tailor has views of his own.
 * Every expert is like a gumboil: his fullness is one-sided.
 * Not every general is stout by nature.
 * Snap a mare on the nose and she will flap her tail.
 * God placed death at the end of life to give us time to prepare for it.
 * If you want to be happy, be so.
 * Frequently misattributed to Leo Tolstoy.
 * If you want to be handsome, enroll in the Hussars.
 * Diligence overcomes everything!
 * Sometimes, diligence can overcome even the reason.
 * How pathetic is any constitution at sight of well-kept ammunition!
 * Don't tell jokes to the ladies, for these jokes are stupid and obscene.