The Precipice Quotes

“It is only the female half of the human race has been endowed with the powers to run the world. Only they are not understood, not recognized, and not cultivated by themselves, or by men, and are crassly trampled underfoot, and appropriated by the male half which is not capable of exercising these great powers, and in any case, out of sheer pride does not have the good sense to yield to them.”
― Ivan Goncharov, The Precipice

“Вся эта история была безукоризненно нравственна, чиста и до нестерпимости скучна.”
― Ivan Goncharov, The Precipice