For a moment the rank felt as though they had just returned from single-handedly conquering a distant province. They felt, in fact, tremendously bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put it and which was definitely several letters of the alphabet away from how they normally felt.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!

For some, including Nicholas II, the mere existence of a prime minister was an affront to autocracy.63

Written By Stephen Kotkin

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