The next war… may well bury Western civilization forever.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNLiterature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
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Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one’s well-being.
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The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
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Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
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Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.
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Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you – you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
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A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
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For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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The name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
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Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
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