Ivan the Terrible — "Why do you write to me, to a sinful man, when you yourself are a holy man?"

Why do you write to me, to a sinful man, when you yourself are a holy man?
Ivan the Terrible — Ivan the Terrible Early Modern · First Tsar of Russia

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From his letters to Prince Kurbsky, dripping with sarcasm and self-justification.

Date: 1564

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