"The real ruler, who is free to do everything, destroys Toluon, arranges a massacre in Paris, forgets an army in Egypt, sacrifices half a million men in the Moscow campaign, and settles it all with a pun in Vilna! Yes, he was put on a pedestal after his death... so he was free to do anything! No, such a person is obviously not made of flesh and blood, but of bronze!
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Author
Fyodor DostoevskyAll Translations
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The real ruler, who is free to do everything, destroys Toluon, arranges a massacre in Paris, forgets an army in Egypt, sacrifices half a million men in the Moscow campaign, and settles it all with a pun in Vilna! Yes, he was put on a pedestal after his death... so he was free to do anything! No, such a person is obviously not made of flesh and blood, but of bronze!
""Az igazi uralkodó, akinek mindent szabad, lerombolja Toluont, mészárlást rendez Párizsban, egy hadsereget Egyiptomban felejt, félmillió embert feláldoz a moszkvai hadjáratban, és Vilnában egy szójátékkal elintézi az egészet! Őt igen, őt piedesztálra emelik a halála után... tehát mindent szabad volt neki! Nem, az ilyen ember nyilván nem húsból-vérből van, hanem bronzból!"