Nikolai Leskov Quotes

To tell about him, one should be French, because only the people of that nation manage to explain to others what they don’t understand themselves.

Nikolai Leskov

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• To tell about him, one should be French, because only the people of that nation manage to explain to others what they don’t understand themselves.

  

  Nikolai Leskov
  • Understand
  • Nation
  • Explain