"За чѣмъ, онъ говоритъ ему: Достоинствамъ, уму, Богатство свѣтъ предпочитаетъ?— „Легко, мой другъ! понять: ‎Достоинства не льзя занять, ‎А деньги всякой занимаетъ.„"
— Ivan Chemnitzer

January 1, 1970

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Богач и бедняк ("The Rich and the Poor Man"), translated by Sir John Bowring, Specimens of the Russian Poets (Boston, MA: Cummings and Hilliard, 1822) p. 141