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

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

Topics: Life Quotes, Sad Quotes

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...

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.

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.

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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,...