Envy is an insult to oneself.

Quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Topics: Envy Quotes

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

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

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...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

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.

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.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

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,...

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...

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.

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

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany

Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood...

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.