1000 Excellent Quotes from Russian Writers. Wisdom, Humor, Irony, Love, Beauty

The scale of the works, the epic nature of the plots, and the charisma of the characters compel one to bow before the talent of Russian writers.
German writer Thomas Mann once called Russian literature sacred: «Isn’t the Russian the most... human of all people? Isn’t his literature the most humane of all?»
And an Asian elder said: «We were a colony of England, and European culture gave us much, but nothing has shaken our souls as much as Russian literature.» Not every national literature transcends its language, becoming a part of world culture. Russian literature poses and resolves issues of global scope. Therefore, in addition to its artistic value, it carries certain higher principles.
We present to your attention an excellent collection of vivid quotes from the works of great Russian writers and poets. Chaadaev and Pushkin, Mamin-Sibiryak and Saltykov-Shchedrin, Leskov and Lomonosov, Karamzin and Derzhavin, Lermontov, Yesenin, Dostoevsky, Nekrasov, Chernyshevsky, Gogol, and many more beautiful names await you in this book. Humor, irony, love, wisdom, and beauty on every page.