Man is what he reads.

Quote by Joseph Brodsky

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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...

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

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

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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 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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

How delightful to find a friend in everyone.

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.

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...

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

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