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| English | Russian |
| 'Tis hard to credit now, though fresh is its renown | Свежо предание, а верится с трудом (Alexander Griboedov, The Mischief of Being Clever, act 2, sc. 2. Trans. by Bernard Pares. Used ironically. VLZ_58) |
| ...'tis science that teaches us more swiftly than experience, our life being so brief | Наука сокращает нам опыты быстротекущей жизни (Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov. sc. Pslsce of the Tsar. Trans. by Alfred Hayes VLZ_58) |
| 'tis science which gives to us an abstract of the events of our swift-flowing life | Наука сокращает нам опыты быстротекущей жизни (VLZ_58) |