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Ванька свернул вчетверо исписанный лист и вложил его в конверт, купленный накануне за копейку... Подумав немного, он умокнул перо и написал адрес:

На деревню дедушке.

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...they thought that restricting political licence in this way would prevent men’s minds from becoming arrogant.

7. But that was the time when individuals began to elevate themselves and to display their native ability more readily. The reason is that kings are always more suspicious of good men than wicked men and they fear the virtue they do not have.

--- Sallust, The Catiline's Conspiracy.