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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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...

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

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,...

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.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

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.

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...

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

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

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a...

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what...

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong