Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#poets #russia #their #tyrants #worst

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#literature #moral #politics #serve

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

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#begins #does #man #only #others

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves? ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#among #bastards #fall #liberals #out

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

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#because #i #i love #joys #life

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

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#demonstrating #intelligent #most #stubborn #way

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

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#certainly #faithful #like #most #translation

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

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#happens #happiness #happy #hardship #hell