Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

Quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must...

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals...

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it...

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which...

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in...

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.