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Quote by Nikolay Karamzin
Мы никогда не будем умны чужим умом и славны чужою славою.
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The quote says that another person’s intelligence cannot make us wise, just as another person’s achievements cannot make us famous. Wisdom and recognition cannot simply be borrowed from someone else; they must belong to us in our own right.
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