Mikhail Lermontov: O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!

O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the eart — Mikhail Lermontov

O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!

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