My poor Russia! Beaten and robbed for centuries, and now betrayed by a handful of madmen--with brains atrophied on one side! You are a fool, Boris.

Your feet are in strange quicksands and your head among chimeras.

You write some words on a piece of paper, and lo! you say they are facts.

Without first proving your theories correct you would ram them down the throat of the world.

The world rejects you." "Wait and see, damned bourgeoisie!" thundered Karlov, not alive to the fact that he was being baited.
"Bourgeoisie?
Yes, I am of the middle class; the rogue on top and the fool below.