Winged expressions from works of Russian literature

Aphorisms and quotes about writers

A real writer amazes us by saying what we always know. Jean Rostand

A writer is a tree that bounces back from the soil. Joseph Brodsky

Publishing your book means voluntarily going out in public without pants. Edna Millie

Writing is controlled schizophrenia. Edward Albee

Everyone can write. But writers can't do anything else. Mignon McLaughlin

A writer who loves or hates is less convincing than one who loves and hates. Nicholas Gomez Davila

Until you have written a single book, no one knows you. Once you write a book, you plunge into obscurity. Martin Myers

Everyone writes one more book than necessary. Mordecai Richler

After forty, the writer has nothing more to say; but a smart writer knows how to hide it. Georges Simenon

It is better to burn a writer than his books. Hilary Belloc

The writer is always putting someone up for sale. Joan Didion

I became a writer because I hate paperwork. Pieter de Vries

I am writing because I have no one to talk to. Tristan Bernard

It took me fifty years to realize that I had no talent for writing. But then it was already too late - by this time I had become famous. Robert Benchley

Never before has there been such a first-class second-rate writer. Witold Gombrowicz about Henryk Sienkiewicz

There are writers who are more pleasant to think about than to read. Jean Rostand

Every writer writes an autobiography - and the less he realizes this, the more autobiographical he is. Christian Friedrich Goebbel

Of course, it is very simple to write for children. As easy as giving birth to them. Ursula Le Guin

George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar. Oscar Wilde

Only great masters of style manage to be unreadable. Oscar Wilde

He who does not speak the language of people well imagines that he is speaking in the language of the gods. Luc de Vauvenargues

A writer is not someone who writes a lot, he is someone who is read a lot. Mikhail Genin

The truly famous writer is the one they know and have never read. Jules Renard

The first thing a writer must do is find another source of income. Ellen Gilchrist

In the literary world, any success other than monetary is forgiven. Etienne Rey

Write disinterestedly, they pay more for it. Korney Chukovsky

A smart writer doesn't read anyone. There is no point in reading those who write worse than you. Reading those who write better will only lead to frustration. Kazimierz Tetmajer

After a writer has died, it is only with great difficulty that his new book can be published every year. Robert Benchley

The writer is the same clergyman. T. Carlyle

A writer has a huge heart. Quiet people rarely become writers. P. Pavlenko

A famous writer is one from whom even weak things are taken; famous is the one who is praised for them. G. Laube

It is not the original writer who imitates anyone, but the one whom no one is able to imitate. F. Chateaubriand

The greatest skill of a writer is the ability to cross out. F. Dostoevsky

The main advantage of a writer is knowing what not to write about. G. Flaubert

We notice contradictions, often imaginary, and other mistakes in a writer much more diligently than we benefit from his judgments, both correct and erroneous. L. Vauvenargues

Writers are people who demand to pay for vocabulary in cash. M. Augustin

Writers build castles in the air, readers live in them, and publishers receive rent. "Pshekruj"

The fertility of writers is rarely accompanied by genius and talent: the fertility of words often leads to poverty of thoughts. author unknown

Writing is a simple thing. Of the two phrases, you should choose the one that is shorter; of two words, whichever is simpler; of the two descriptions, whichever is clearer; of the two publishers - the one who sends a telegram, not a letter. D. Steinbeck

Writing is like marriage. Under no circumstances should you take a decisive step until you are amazed at your own happiness. A. Murdoch

Writing, depending on the way it is conducted, can be a shame, debauchery, farm labor, craft, art, virtue. F. Schlegel

A quiet life and writing are, as a rule, incompatible concepts, and those who strive for a peaceful life are better off not becoming a writer. A. Ryunosuke

Writing is a special way of speaking: you speak without being interrupted. J. Renard

He who writes to live lives but does not write; and whoever lives to write writes, but does not live. A. Reyhani

The trouble with those who write quickly is that they cannot write concisely. W. Scott

First the works give glory to the author, and then the author gives glory to his works. C. Montesquieu

If a person's pen is snatched from his hands, he may grab the club. E. Lec

Quotes from great writers

It is customary for everyone to live and burn, But then you will only immortalize life, When you draw a path for it to light and greatness with Your sacrifice.

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You won't learn to skate if you're afraid to be funny. The ice of life is slippery.

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Does my life have meaning that will not be destroyed by the inevitable death that awaits me?

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A very small degree of hope is enough to bring love to life. After two or three days, hope may disappear; nevertheless, love has already been born.

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Life is ten percent what you do in it, and ninety percent how you receive it.

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Describing a flower with love for nature embodies civic feelings much more than denouncing bribe-takers

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A person cannot truly improve unless he helps others improve.

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Either you move up one step today, or gather your strength to move up that step tomorrow.

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It's hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember joy. Happiness leaves no memorable scars.

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Life is always accompanied by effort, hardship and hard work, because it is not a garden with beautiful flowers.

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A message to writers: there is no need to invent intrigues and plots. Take advantage of the stories that life itself provides.

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A person who sees life in its true light and interprets it romantically is doomed to despair.

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Everything that happens once may never happen again. But whatever happens twice will undoubtedly happen a third time.

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Let the world live as it sees fit, and it will allow you to live as you choose.

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The paradox of reading: it takes us away from reality in order to fill reality with meaning.

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The soul is born old and gradually becomes younger. This is the comedic side of life. The body is born young and gradually ages. And this is the tragic side.

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Having forgotten about grief and suffering, I believe that besides the bustle, there is a world of charm on Earth, a wonderful world of love and beauty! — I. Bunin

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Labor is a necessary condition of human life, and labor gives benefit to man. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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If life does not seem to you to be a great joy, it is only because your mind is misdirected. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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Life is nothing more than a constantly conquered contradiction. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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Learn to live even when life becomes unbearable. Make it useful. Nikolai Alexandrovich Ostrovsky

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If there is no meaning in death, then there was no meaning in life. Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov

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Do not have love for your husband that resembles friendship. Have a friendship for him that would be like love. — D. Fonvizin

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Late woman's love blooms not with an azure scarlet color, but with a dog's furious, roadside drunkenness. — M. Sholokhov

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Let my father sometimes repeat, That without the slightest reproach We must sacrifice ourselves For an unrecognized fatherland: For me, the fatherland is only where. →→→

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I dream of you, I dream of you Through thunder and angelic trumpets, When you kiss in silence My wounded lips.

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Everywhere is good where there are people. What a fool you are, said Margarita, sitting up in bed. People are evil. No, Gershkovich said, people are good. They were taught. →→→

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It is not necessary to remember the name of you, me; A blouse and a belt are enough for you to see in the trellis (that is, to give to a blind man) that namelessness is in us. →→→

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In terms of time, there is no “then”: there is only “there”. And “there”, straining his gaze, the memory wanders through the rooms in the twilight, like a thief, rummaging through the closets, dropping them on the floor. →→→

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. The worst of bad habits is to decide on a feat in which there is more politeness than compassion.

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The morning shadow grew pale, the wave became silver in the stream, a doubtful day was born in the foggy east.

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Every day, rising from sleep, I sincerely thank God for the fact that in our times there are not so many Wizards.

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Shining in a brocaded robe, the Sorcerer, encouraged by the sorceress, having cheered up, decided again to bring the captive maiden's mustache, humility and love to the feet.

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Those who, having loved the truth, read on the dark bottom of their hearts, Of course, know to themselves, What if a woman is in sadness Through tears, furtively, somehow, out of spite. →→→

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Whoever is destined by an indispensable fate to have a girl’s heart will be sweet in spite of the universe; It is stupid and sinful to be angry.

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Ah, if a martyr of love suffers hopelessly from passion, Although it is sad to live, my friends, However, it is still possible to live.

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The village floated and swelled, crimson clay flowing from its dull wounds. The first star flashed above me and fell into the clouds. The rain beat down the willows and made them weak. The evening soared to the sky like... →→→

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We both looked at the world like a meadow in May, like a meadow along which women and horses walk.

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I saw dreams and women in my dreams, and only my heart, stained with murder, creaked and flowed.

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Having taken a sample from two oceans and continents, I feel almost the same as the globe. That is, there is nowhere else to go. Next is a row of stars.

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Humanity has moved forward in only one respect: it has learned to commit mass murder.

CAT MAGIC. Since time immemorial, a cat has lived next to a person, protecting its owner.