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diff --git a/front/motto.tex b/front/motto.tex
index bf9dcb6..3f12574 100644 (file)
--- a/front/motto.tex
+++ b/front/motto.tex
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 \documentclass[../thesis.tex]{subfiles}
 
+\input{subfilepreamble}
+
 \begin{document}
-\ifSubfilesClassLoaded{
-       \pagenumbering{roman}
-}{}
+\input{subfileprefix}
 
 \topskip0pt
 \vspace*{\fill}
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@
        H.P. (Howard) Lovecraft
 }
 \epigraph{%
-       \selectlanguage{russian}
-       Рукописи не горят\\
-       \selectlanguage{british}
-       (Manuscripts don't burn)
+       \selectlanguage{russian}Рукописи не горят\\
+       \selectlanguage{british} (Manuscripts don't burn)
 }{%
-       \selectlanguage{russian}
-       М.А. (Mихаил) Булгаков\\
-       \selectlanguage{british}
-       (M.A. (Mikhail) Bulgakov)
+       \selectlanguage{russian}М.А.\ (Mихаил) Булгаков\\
+       \selectlanguage{british} (M.A.\ (Mikhail) Bulgakov)
 }
 \epigraph{%
        You start a question, and it's like starting a stone.
@@ -32,9 +28,7 @@
        R.L. (Robert) Stevenson
 }
 \epigraph{%
-       I never thought, when I used to read books, what work it was to write them\ldots
-       It's work enough to read them sometimes\ldots
-       As to the writing, it has its own charms.
+       I never thought, when I used to read books, what work it was to write them\ldots{} It's work enough to read them sometimes\ldots{} As to the writing, it has its own charms.
 }{%
        C.J.H. (Charles) Dickens
 }
@@ -46,6 +40,12 @@
 }{%
        H.M. (Dick) Bruna
 }
-
+%\epigraph{%
+%      \ldots and writing can make things a bit more bearable.
+%      A book, is a suicide postponed.
+%}{%
+%      E.M. (Emil) Cioran
+%}
 \vspace*{\fill}%
+
 \end{document}