Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Poet
1933-07-18
Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.
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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.
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How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.
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When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.
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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?
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Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves.
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A show of envy is an insult to oneself.
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There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.
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Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.
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