Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy

Quote by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Sorrow Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.

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...

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

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

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

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late

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...

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

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