Bad literature is a form of treason.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but...

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve...

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most...

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any...

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any...

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the...

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not...

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.