It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave…

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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...

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

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...

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...

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.

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...

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home....

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.

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...

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

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

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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...

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

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

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

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

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

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

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

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

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and...

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...