Kozma Prutkov

What is the best? — Having compared the past, link it to the present.

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Kozma Prutkov

If all the past were present, and the present existed along with the future, who would be able to distinguish, where are the causes and where are the consequences? www.sky-net-eye.com

Kozma Prutkov

A philosopher would easily triumph over the future and past sorrows, but he is just as easily defeated by the present ones. www.sky-net-eye.com

Prutkov Kozma

Kozma Prutkov - a collective pseudonym for the group of Russian writers - Alexey Tolstoy and Zhemchuzhnikov brothers, who performed jointly in 50-60s of the 19th century. www.sky-net-eye.com

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[missing link] {n.} 1. Something needed to complete a group; a missing part of a chain of things. * /A 1936 penny was the missing link in John's collection of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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