No bad man can be a good poet.

Quote by Boris Pasternak

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In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I...

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I...

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass...

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and...

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and...

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though...

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though...

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always...

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you...

They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of...

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with...

Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work.

Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work.

I loved the game. I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. I...

I loved the game. I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. I...

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.