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

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.

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

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,...

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...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

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...

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

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

Man is what he reads.

Man is what he reads.