In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.

Quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...