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

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Joseph Brodsky Quotes

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...

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

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...

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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...

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.

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.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is,...

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...

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...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.