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Ivan KrylovIvan Krylov13 Feb 1769 – 21 Nov 1844

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The weak against the strong, Is always in the wrong.
So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.
Ivan Krylov
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Ivan Krylov

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; February 13, 1769 – November 21, 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genr…

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