Top most famous catch phrases
Who are the judges?
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), d.2, yavl.5, words by Chatsky:
Who are the judges? - For the antiquity of years
TO free life their enmity is irreconcilable,
Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers
The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea.
Balzac age
The expression arose after the publication of the novel by the French writer Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) “A Woman of Thirty” (1831); used as a characteristic of women aged 30-40 years.
Without a rudder and without sails
Quote from M. Yu. Lermnotov’s poem “The Demon” (1842), part 1:
On the air ocean
Without a rudder and without sails
Quietly floating in the fog -
Choirs of slender luminaries.
White crow
This expression, as a designation of a rare person, sharply different from the rest, is given in the 7th satire of the Roman poet Juvenal (mid-1st century - after 127 AD):
Fate gives kingdoms to slaves and brings triumphs to captives.
However, such a lucky person is rarer than a black sheep.
Adopt greyhound puppies
It arose from the comedy of N.V. Gogol's "The Inspector General", d. 1, yavl. 1, words by Lyapin-Tyapkin: “There are different sins. I tell everyone openly that I take bribes, but with what bribes? With greyhound puppies. This is a completely different matter.”
Throwing a stone
The expression “throwing a stone” at someone in the sense of “accusing” arose from the Gospel (John 8:7); Jesus said to the scribes and Pharisees, who, tempting him, brought to him a woman caught in adultery: “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her” (in ancient Judea there was a penalty - stoning).
Paper endures everything (Paper does not turn red)
The expression goes back to the Roman writer and orator Cicero (106 - 43 BC); in his letters “To Friends” there is an expression: “Epistola non erubescit” - “A letter does not blush,” that is, in writing one can express thoughts that one is embarrassed to express orally.
To be or not to be - that is the question
The beginning of Hamlet's monologue in Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, translated by N.A. Polevoy (1837).
You cannot harness a horse and a tremulous doe to one cart
Quote from the poem by A.S. Pushkin "Poltava" (1829).
The great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language
Quote from a prose poem by I.S. Turgenev "Russian language" (1882).
Let's go back to our sheep
With these words in the farce “Lawyer Pierre Patlen” (c. 1470), the first of a series of anonymous farces about the lawyer Patlin, the judge interrupts the speech of a wealthy clothier. Having initiated a case against the shepherd who stole his sheep, the clothier, forgetting about his litigation, showers reproaches on the shepherd's defender, lawyer Patlen, who did not pay him for six cubits of cloth.
Wolf in sheep's clothing
The expression originated from the Gospel: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.”
In borrowed plumes
It arose from a fable by I.A. Krylov "The Crow" (1825).
Time is money
An aphorism from the work of the American scientist and politician Franklin (1706-1790) “Advice to a Young Merchant” (1748).
I carry everything I have with me
The expression originated from an ancient Greek legend. When the Persian king Cyrus occupied the city of Priene in Ionia, the inhabitants abandoned it, taking with them the most valuable of their possessions. Only Biant, one of the “seven wise men”, a native of Priene, left empty-handed. In response to the perplexed questions of his fellow citizens, he answered, referring to spiritual values: “I carry everything I own with me.” This expression is often used in the Latin formulation due to Cicero: Omnia mea mecum porto.
Everything flows, everything changes
This expression, defining the constant variability of all things, sets out the essence of the teachings of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus from Ephesus (c. 530-470 BC)
Was there a boy?
One of the episodes of M. Gorky’s novel “The Life of Klim Samgin” tells about the boy Klim skating with other children. Boris Varavka and Varya Somova fall into the wormwood. Klim hands Boris the end of his gymnasium belt, but, feeling that he too is being pulled into the water, he lets go of the belt. Children are drowning. When the search for the drowned begins, Klim is struck by “someone’s serious, incredulous question: “Was there a boy, maybe there wasn’t a boy.” The last phrase became popular as figurative expression extreme doubt about something.
Twenty two misfortunes
So in the play by A.P. Chekhov " The Cherry Orchard" (1903) refers to the clerk Epikhodov, with whom some comic misfortune happens every day. The expression is applied to people with whom some misfortune constantly happens.
Twenty-three years and nothing has been done for immortality
Words of Don Carlos from F. Schiller's drama "Don Carlos, Infant of Spain" (1782), d.2, yavl. 2.
Two-Faced Janus
In Roman mythology, Janus - the god of time, as well as every beginning and end, entrances and exits (janua - door) - was depicted with two faces facing in opposite directions: young - forward, to the future, old - back, to the past. The resulting expression “two-faced Janus” or simply “Janus” means: a two-faced person.
The work of helping drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves
In the novel by I. Ilf and E. Petrov “The Twelve Chairs” (1927), in chapter 34, a poster with such a slogan is mentioned, hung in the club at the evening of the Water Rescue Society.
Money doesn't smell
The expression arose from the words of the Roman emperor (69 - 79 AD) Vespasian, said by him, as Suetonius reports in his biography, on the following occasion. When Vespasian's son Titus reproached his father for introducing a tax on public latrines, Vespasian brought the first money received from this tax to his nose and asked if it smelled. To Titus's negative answer, Vespasian said: "And yet they are made of urine."
Domostroy
"Domostroy" - a monument to Russian literature XVI c., which is a set of everyday rules and moral teachings. The husband, according to Domostroy, is the head of the family, the master of the wife, and Domostroy indicates in detail in what cases he must beat his wife, etc. Hence the word “domostroy” means: conservative way of life family life, a morality that affirms the slave position of women.
Draconian measures
That's what they call it exorbitantly harsh laws named after Dragon, the first legislator of the Athenian Republic (VII century BC). Among the punishments determined by its laws, the death penalty allegedly occupied a prominent place, which punished, for example, such an offense as theft of vegetables. There was a legend that these laws were written in blood (Plutarch, Solon). IN literary speech the expression “draconian laws”, “draconian measures, punishments” became stronger in the meaning of harsh, cruel laws.
Eat to live, not live to eat
The aphorism belongs to Socrates (469-399 BC), and was often quoted by ancient writers.
Yellow press
In 1895, American graphic artist Richard Outcault published a series of frivolous drawings with humorous text in a number of issues of the New York newspaper "The World"; Among the drawings was a picture of a child in a yellow shirt, to whom various funny sayings were attributed. Soon another newspaper, the New York Journal, began publishing a series of similar drawings. A dispute arose between these two newspapers over the right of primacy to the "yellow boy". In 1896, Erwin Wardman, editor of the New York Press, published an article in his magazine in which he contemptuously called both competing newspapers "yellow press." Since then, the expression has become popular.
Finest hour
Expression by Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) from the preface to his collection of historical short stories " star clock of humanity" (1927). Zweig explains that he called historical moments "finest hours" "because, like eternal stars, they invariably shine in the night of oblivion and decay."
Knowledge is power
Expression of the English philosopher Francis Bacon in Moral and Political Essays (1597).
Golden mean
An expression from the 2nd book of odes of the Roman poet Horace: “aurea mediocritas”.
And it’s boring, and sad, and there’s no one to give a hand to
Quote from the poem by M. Yu. Lermontov “Both boring and sad” (1840).
And you Brute?
In Shakespeare's tragedy "Julius Caesar" (d. 3, iv. 1), with these words the dying Caesar addresses Brutus, who was among the conspirators who attacked him in the Senate. Historians consider this phrase legendary. Marcus Junius Brutus, whom Caesar considered his supporter, became the head of the conspiracy against him and was one of those involved in his assassination in 44 BC.
Choose the lesser of two evils
An expression found in the works of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, in the form: “The lesser of evils must be chosen.” Cicero (in his essay “On Duties”) says: “One should not only choose the least of evils, but also extract from them themselves what can be good in them.”
Making an elephant out of a molehill
The expression is one of the ancient ones. It is quoted by the Greek writer Lucian (3rd century AD), who ends his satirical “Praise of the Fly” like this: “But I interrupt my speech, although I could say a lot more, lest anyone think that I “As the proverb goes, I make a mountain out of a molehill.”
Highlight
The expression is used in the meaning: something that gives a special taste, attractiveness to something (a dish, a story, a person, etc.). Originated from folk proverb: “Kvass is not expensive, the zest in kvass is expensive”; became popular after the appearance of L. N. Tolstoy’s drama “The Living Corpse” (1912). The hero of the drama, Protasov, talking about his family life, says: “My wife was an ideal woman... But what can I tell you? There was no zest - you know, the zest in kvass? - there was no game in our life. And I had to forget myself . And without the game you won’t forget..."
Capital to acquire and innocence to maintain
An expression popularized by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin ("Letters to Auntie", letter 10, 1882; "Children of Moscow", "Little things in life", 1877, "Mon Repos Shelter").
Scapegoat
A biblical expression that arose from a description of the special ritual that existed among the ancient Jews of transferring the sins of the entire people onto a living goat; on the day of absolution, the high priest laid both hands on the head of a live goat as a sign of the transfer of sins to it Jewish people, after which the goat was driven out into the desert. The expression is used in the sense: a person who is constantly being blamed for someone else, responsible for others.
a swan song
The expression is used to mean: the last manifestation of talent. Based on the belief that swans sing before death, it arose in ancient times. Evidence of this is found in one of Aesop’s fables (6th century BC): “They say that swans sing before they die.”
Summer. Sink into oblivion
IN Greek mythology Lethe is the river of oblivion in Hades, the underworld; upon arrival in the underworld, the souls of the dead drank water from it and forgot their entire past life.
Flying Dutchman
A Dutch legend has preserved the story of a sailor who vowed, in a strong storm, to round the cape that blocked his path, even if it took him forever. Because of his pride, he was doomed to forever rush on a ship on a raging sea, never landing on the shore. This legend obviously arose in the age of great discoveries. It is possible that its historical basis was the expedition of Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1497. In the 17th century this legend was associated with several Dutch captains, which is reflected in its name.
Seize the day
The expression apparently goes back to Horace (“carpe diem” - “seize the day”, “take advantage of the day”).
The lion's share
The expression goes back to the fable of the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop "The Lion, the Fox and the Donkey", the plot of which - the division of prey among the animals - was later used by Phaedrus, La Fontaine and other fabulists.
The Moor has done his job, the Moor can leave
Quote from the drama by F. Schiller (1759 - 1805) “The Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa” (1783). This phrase (d.3, iv.4) is uttered by the Moor, who turned out to be unnecessary after he helped Count Fisco organize a rebellion of the Republicans against the tyrant of Genoa, Doge Doria. This phrase has become a saying characterizing a cynical attitude towards a person whose services are no longer needed.
Manna from heaven
According to the Bible, manna is the food that God sent to the Jews every morning from heaven when they walked through the desert to the promised land (Exodus 16, 14-16 and 31).
Disservice
The expression arose from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Hermit and the Bear” (1808).
Honeymoon
The idea that the happiness of the first stage of marriage quickly gives way to the bitterness of disappointment, figuratively expressed in eastern folklore, was used by Voltaire for his philosophical novel “Zadig, or Fate” (1747), in the 3rd chapter of which he writes: “Zadig experienced that the first month of marriage, as described in the book of Zend, is honeymoon, and the second - the wormwood month."
Between a rock and a hard place
Title of the novel (1868) by Friedrich Spielhagen (1829-1911). Used as a characteristic plight someone when dangers and troubles threaten from two sides.
Maecenas
The wealthy Roman patrician Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (between 74 and 64 - 8 BC) widely patronized artists and poets. Horace, Virgil, Propertius glorified him in their poems. Martial (40 - 102 AD) in one of his epigrams says: “If Flaccus were Patrons, there would be no shortage of Maroons,” that is, Virgilius (Vergilius Maro). Thanks to the poems of these poets, his name became a household name for the wealthy patron of the arts and sciences.
Your gift is not dear to me, your love is dear to me
Russian expression folk song"On the pavement street":
Oh, my darling is good,
Chernobrov soul, handsome,
He brought me a gift,
Dear gift,
A gold ring from the hand.
Your gift is not dear to me, -
Dear is your love.
I don't want to wear a ring
I want to love my friend like that.
Young people love us everywhere
Quote from “Song of the Motherland” in the film “Circus” (1936), text by V. I. Lebedev-Kumach, music by I. O. Dunaevsky.
Milk rivers, jelly banks
An expression from a Russian folk tale.
Silent means consent
Expression of the Pope (1294-1303) Boniface VIII in one of his messages, which were included in canon law (a set of decrees of church authority). This expression goes back to Sophocles (496-406 BC), in whose tragedy “The Trachinian Women” it is said: “Don’t you understand that by silence you agree with the accuser?”
Torments of Tantalus
In Greek mythology, Tantalus, king of Phrygia (also called king of Lydia), was a favorite of the gods, who often invited him to their feasts. But, proud of his position, he offended the gods, for which he was severely punished. According to Homer ("Odyssey"), his punishment was that, cast into Tartarus (hell), he forever experiences the unbearable pangs of thirst and hunger; he stands up to his neck in water, but the water recedes from him as soon as he bows his head to drink; branches with luxurious fruits hang over him, but as soon as he stretches out his hands to them, the branches deviate. This is where the expression “torment of Tantalus” arose, meaning: unbearable torment due to the inability to achieve the desired goal, despite its proximity.
We are lazy and not curious
Quote from “Travel to Arzrum” (1836) by A. S. Pushkin, ch. 2.
We cannot wait for favors from nature; taking them from her is our task
The expression belongs to the biologist-geneticist breeder I.V. Michurin (1855-1935), who in practice, on a large scale, showed the ability to change the hereditary forms of organisms, adapting them to human needs.
On the seventh sky
Expression meaning highest degree joy, happiness, goes back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC), who in his essay “On Heaven” explains the structure of the firmament. He believed that the sky consists of seven motionless crystal spheres on which the stars and planets are established. The seven heavens are mentioned in various places in the Quran: for example, it is said that the Quran itself was brought by an angel from the seventh heaven.
Our regiment has arrived
An expression from the ancient “game” song “And we sowed millet”; used in the meaning: there have been more people like us (in some respect).
Don't throw pearls before swine
An expression from the Gospel: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls (Church Slavic beads) before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces” (Matt. 7:6). Used to mean: do not waste words with people who cannot understand or appreciate them.
Without further ado
An expression from A. S. Pushkin’s tragedy “Boris Godunov” (1831), scene “Night. Cell in the Miracle Monastery”, words of the chronicler Pimen:
Describe without further ado,
All that you will witness in life.
I don't want to study, I want to get married
Words by Mitrofanushka from D. I. Fonvizin’s comedy “The Minor” (1783), no. 3, yavl. 7.
The sky is in diamonds
An expression from A. P. Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” (1897). In the 4th act, Sonya, consoling the tired Uncle Vanya, exhausted by life, says: “We will rest! We will hear the angels, we will see the whole sky in diamonds, we will see how all earthly evil, all our suffering will drown in the mercy that will fill the whole world, and our life will become quiet, gentle, sweet, like a caress.”
Regardless of faces
Expression from the Bible. The idea of acting without partiality, without subservience to superiors is expressed in many places in the Old and New Testaments (Deuteronomy 1:17; Matt. 22:16; Mark 12:14, etc.), although in slightly different words. It is possible that the expression “regardless of persons” is a translation of the phrase “Ohne Ansehen der Person”, common in German speech, which is a quote from Luther’s translation of the Gospel (First Epistle of Peter, 1, 17).
No one will embrace the immensity
Aphorism from “Fruits of Thoughts” by Kozma Prutkov (1854).
Nothing is new [eternal] under the moon
Quote from N. M. Karamzin’s poem “Experienced Solomon’s Wisdom, or Selected Thoughts from Ecclesiastes” (1797):
There's nothing new under the sun:
What is, has been, will forever be.
And before, blood flowed like a river,
And before, a man cried...
This poem is an imitation of Ecclesiastes, one of the books that make up the Bible.
New is well forgotten old
In 1824, the memoirs of milliner Marie Antoinette Mademoiselle Bertin were published in France, in which she said these words about the queen’s old dress that she had updated (in reality, her memoirs are fake - their author is Jacques Pesce). This idea was perceived as new only because it had been well forgotten. Already Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) said that “there is no new custom that is not old.” This quote from Chaucer was popularized by Walter Scott's book The Folk Songs of Southern Scotland.
O times! oh morals!
An expression that Cicero (106-43 BC) often used in his speeches, for example, in his first speech against Catiline. It is also quoted in Latin: “O tempora! o mores!”
About the dead it's either good or nothing
The expression often quoted in Latin: "De mortuis nil nisi bene" or "De mortuis aut bene aut nihil", apparently goes back to the work of Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD): "Life, teaching and opinions famous philosophers", which contains the saying of one of the "seven wise men" - Chilon (VI century BC): "Do not slander the dead."
Oh holy simplicity!
This expression is attributed to the leader of the Czech Republic national movement Jan Hus (1369-1415). Sentenced by a church council as a heretic to be burned, he allegedly uttered these words at the stake when he saw that some old woman (according to another version, a peasant woman) in simple-minded religious zeal threw the brushwood she had brought into the fire. However, Hus's biographers, based on reports of eyewitnesses to his death, deny the fact that he uttered this phrase. The church writer Turanius Rufinus (c. 345-410), in his continuation of Eusebius's History of the Church, reports that the expression “holy simplicity” was uttered at the first Council of Nicaea (325) by one of the theologians. This expression is often used in Latin: “O sancta simplicitas!”
Formed
In L.N. Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina", part 1, chapter 2 (1875), the valet uses this word to encourage his master, Stepan Arkadyevich, who is upset by a quarrel with his wife. This word, used in the sense of “everything will be settled,” which became popular after the appearance of Tolstoy’s novel, was probably heard by him somewhere. He used it in one of his letters to his wife back in 1866, convincing her not to worry about various everyday troubles. His wife repeated his words in a response letter: “Probably, all this will work out.”
Window to Europe
Expression from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “The Bronze Horseman”, Introduction (1834):
On the shore of desert waves
He stood there, full of great thoughts,
And I looked into the distance...
And he thought:
From here we will threaten the Swede.
The city will be founded here
To spite an arrogant neighbor.
Nature destined us here
Open a window to Europe...
This expression, as Pushkin himself indicated in the notes to the poem, goes back to the Italian writer Algarotti (1712-1764), who in his “Letters about Russia” said: “Petersburg is the window through which Russia looks at Europe.”
An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth
An expression from the Bible, the formula for the law of retribution: “A fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth: as he has done damage to a man’s body, so must he do it” (Leviticus, 24, 20; about the same - Exodus, 21, 24; Deuteronomy 19, 21).
All that's left are the horns and legs
Not really exact quote from a song by an unknown author "The Gray Goat", which has appeared in songbooks since 1855.
From great to funny one step
This phrase was often repeated by Napoleon during his flight from Russia in December 1812 to his ambassador in Warsaw, de Pradt, who spoke about it in the book “History of the Embassy to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw” (1816). Its primary source is the expression of the French writer Jean-François Marmontel (1723-1799) in the fifth volume of his works (1787): “In general, the funny comes into contact with the great.”
Oh, you are heavy, Monomakh’s hat!
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s tragedy “Boris Godunov”, scene “The Royal Chambers” (1831), monologue of Boris (Monomakh in Greek is a martial artist; a nickname associated with the names of some Byzantine emperors. In ancient Rus', this nickname was assigned to the Grand Duke Vladimir (beginning of the 12th century), from whom the Moscow kings traced their origin. Monomakh's cap is the crown with which the Moscow kings were crowned kings, a symbol of royal power). The above quote characterizes a difficult situation.
Panic fear
Originated from Greek myths about Pan, god of forests and fields. According to myths, Pan brings sudden and unaccountable terror to people, especially to travelers in remote and secluded places, as well as to troops who flee from this. This is where the word “panic” comes from.
Feast in Time of Plague
The name of the dramatic scenes of A. S. Pushkin (1832), the basis for which was a scene from the poems of the English poet John Wilson “Plague City” (1816). Used in the meaning: feast, cheerful, carefree life during some public disaster.
Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer
The Greek philosopher Plato (427-347 BC) in his essay “Phaedo” attributes to Socrates the words “Following me, think less about Socrates, and more about the truth.” Aristotle, in his work “Nicomachean Ethics,” polemicizing with Plato and referring to him, writes: “Even though friends and truth are dear to me, duty commands me to give preference to truth.” Luther (1483-1546) says: “Plato is my friend, Socrates is my friend, but truth should be preferred” (“On the Enslaved Will,” 1525). The expression “Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas” - “Plato is my friend, but the truth is dearer”, was formulated by Cervantes in the 2nd part, ch. 51 novels "Don Quixote" (1615).
The fruits of enlightenment
The title of L. N. Tolstoy's comedy (1891).
Dancing to someone else's tune
The expression is used to mean: to act not according to one’s own will, but according to the will of another. Goes back to the Greek historian Herodotus (5th century BC), who in the 1st book of his “History” says: when the Persian king Cyrus conquered the Medes, the Greeks of Asia Minor, whom he had previously tried in vain to win over to his side, expressed their readiness obey him, but under certain conditions. Then Cyrus told them the following fable: “One flute player, seeing fish in the sea, began to play the flute, expecting that they would come to him on land. Having been deceived in his hope, he took a net, threw it in and pulled out a lot of fish. Seeing how the fish fighting in the nets, he told them: “Stop dancing; when I played the flute, you did not want to go out and dance." This fable is attributed to Aesop (VI century BC).
Success is never blamed
These words are attributed to Catherine II, who allegedly expressed herself this way when A.V. Suvorov was put on trial by military court for the assault on Turtukai in 1773, undertaken by him contrary to the orders of Field Marshal Rumyantsev. However, the story about Suvorov’s arbitrary actions and about putting him on trial is refuted by serious researchers.
Know yourself
According to the legend reported by Plato in the dialogue “Protagoras”, the seven sages of ancient Greece (Thales, Pittacus, Bias, Solon, Cleobulus, Myson and Chilo), having come together in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, wrote: “Know yourself.” The idea of knowing oneself was explained and disseminated by Socrates. This expression is often used in Latin form: nosce te ipsum.
After us there might be a flood
This phrase is attributed French king Louis XV, but memoirists claim that it belongs to the favorite of this king, the Marquise of Pompadour (1721-1764). She said it in 1757 to console the king, dejected by defeat French troops under Rosbach. It is possible that this phrase is an echo of a verse by an unknown Greek poet, which was often quoted by Cicero and Seneca: “After my death, let the world perish in fire.”
Potemkin villages
In 1783, on the initiative of the statesman of the times of Catherine II, Prince G. A. Potemkin (1739-1791), Crimea was annexed to Russia, included in Novorossiya. Contemporaries said that Potemkin, in order to show Catherine prosperity new territory(during her trip to the south in 1787), erected villages along the empress’s path that were entirely decorations, and set up festively dressed people to meet her, brought from afar, but posing as local residents, showed grain warehouses in which bags instead of flour were filled with sand, drove the same herd of cattle from one place to another at night, planted parks in Kremenchug and other cities, and planting was carried out for several days, so that the plantings died after Catherine’s passage , etc.
Delay is like death
In 1711, before the Prussian campaign, Peter I sent a letter to the newly established Senate. Thanks to the senators for their activities, he demanded that they continue not to delay in making the necessary orders, “before the lapse of time is like death, irrevocable.” Peter's words became more popular short form: “Delay is like death.”
Go all out
Big bells in ancient Rus' were called "heavy". The nature of the bell ringing, i.e. when and which bells should be rung was determined by the “Typikon” - the church charter, in which the expression “strike at full speed” meant: ring all the bells at once. This is where the expression “go all out” arose, which is used to mean: to go astray from the correct path in life, to begin uncontrollably indulging in carousing, debauchery, extravagance, etc.
Spreading cranberry
The expression is used as a humorous designation for nonsense reports about Russia and Russians, belonging to ill-informed foreigners, in general - anything implausible, revealing complete unfamiliarity with the subject. Oral tradition considers the source of this expression to be the description of a journey through Russia by Alexandre Dumas father (1803-1870). Meanwhile, in the books describing his travels around Russia, no gross distortions in the depiction of Russian nature, Russian morals and customs are found. In "Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language" ed. D. N. Ushakova reports that the expression “came from a description of Russia, in which a superficial French author sat under the shadow of a majestic cranberry tree.” It can be assumed that the expression " spreading cranberry"of parodic origin and arose from a Russian author who ridiculed the truly anecdotal descriptions of Russian life found in some ill-informed French authors.
Get itchy, shoulder! Swing your hand!
Quote from A.V. Koltsov’s poem “Mower” (1835).
Rare bird
This expression (Latin rara avis) meaning “rare creature” is first found in the satires of Roman poets, for example, in Juvenal (mid-1st century - after 127 AD): “A rare bird on earth, sort of like black Swan".
Born to crawl cannot fly
Quote from "Song of the Falcon" by M. Gorky.
Hands off!
Expresses the requirement of non-interference in the affairs of someone or something, maintaining the inviolability of something. This expression as a political slogan was first used by the English minister William Gladstone (1809-1898) to address Austria, which occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fall of 1878.
Stigma in fluff
An expression from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Fox and the Marmot” (1813). The Fox complains to the Woodchuck that she is suffering in vain and, slandered, was exiled for bribes:
- You know, I was the judge of the chicken coop,
I lost my health and peace in my affairs,
In my labors I didn’t finish eating a bite,
Didn't get enough sleep at night:
And for that I fell into anger;
And everything is based on slander. Well, just think about it:
Who will be right in the world if he listens to slander?
Should I take bribes? Am I going to get mad?
Well, have you seen, I'll go after you,
So that I am involved in this sin?
Think, remember carefully...
- No, Kumushka; I have often seen
That your stigma is covered in fluff.
This expression is used to mean: to be involved in something criminal, unseemly.
From the ship to the ball
Expression from “Eugene Onegin” by A. S. Pushkin, chapter 8, stanza 13 (1832):
And travel for him,
Like everyone else in the world, I'm tired of it,
He returned and hit
Like Chatsky, from the ship to the ball.
This expression characterizes an unexpected, sharp change in situation or circumstances.
With sweetheart paradise and in a hut
Quote from the poem by N. M. Ibragimov (1778-1818) “Russian Song” (“In the evening the maiden is beautiful...”):
Don't look for me, rich man:
You are not dear to my soul.
What do I care about your chambers?
With my dear one, heaven and in the hut!
First published in 1815, this poem gained great popularity and became a folk song.
With feeling, with sense, with arrangement
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), d.2, yavl.1.
Blue stocking
The expression, denoting a contemptuous name for women who are completely absorbed in bookish, scientific interests, arose in England in the 80s of the 18th century. and did not have the disparaging meaning that it received later. Initially, it denoted a circle of people of both sexes who gathered at Lady Montagu's for conversations on literary and scientific topics. The soul of the conversations was the scientist Benjamin Stellingfleet (1702-1771), who, disdaining fashion, wore blue stockings with dark clothes. When for some reason he did not appear in the circle, they repeated: “We cannot live without blue stockings, today the conversation is going badly - there are no blue stockings!” Thus, for the first time, this nickname was given to a man, not a woman. The expression especially spread when Byron used it in his satire of Lady Montague's circle, "The Blues."
Blue bird
A play by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), staged at the Moscow Art Theater on September 30, 1908. The plot of this play is the adventures of the children of a poor woodcutter in search of the Blue Bird. According to Oak in the play, the Bluebird is "the secret of things and happiness." “If a person finds the Blue Bird, he will know everything, see everything” (words of the Cat).
A mixture of French and Nizhny Novgorod languages
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit.”
Combine business with pleasure
An expression from “The Art of Poetry” by Horace, who says about the poet: “He is worthy of all approval who combines the pleasant with the useful.”
Happy hours don't watch
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit”, no. 1, yavl. 4, words by Sophia.
Wash your hands
Used to mean: to avoid responsibility for something. It arose from the Gospel: Pilate washed his hands before the crowd, giving Jesus to them for execution, and said: “I am not guilty of the blood of this righteous man” (Matt. 27:24). The ritual washing of hands, which serves as evidence of the non-involvement of the person washing in anything, is described in the Bible (Deuteronomy 21:6-7).
Weak spot
It arose from the myth about the only vulnerable spot on the hero’s body: Achilles’ heel, a spot on Siegfried’s back, etc. Used in the meaning: the weak side of a person, deeds.
Fortune. Wheel of Fortune
Fortuna is the goddess of blind chance, happiness and misfortune in Roman mythology. She was depicted blindfolded, standing on a ball or wheel (emphasizing her constant variability), and holding a steering wheel in one hand and a cornucopia in the other. The rudder indicated that fortune controls a person's destiny.
He who laughs last laughs best
The expression belongs to the French writer Jean-Pierre Florian (1755-1794), who used it in the fable “Two Peasants and a Cloud.”
End justifies the means
The idea of this expression, which is the basis of Jesuit morality, was borrowed by them from the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679).
Man is a wolf to man
An expression from the “Donkey Comedy” by the ancient Roman writer Plautus (c. 254-184 BC).
Q.E.D
This formula ends every mathematical reasoning of the great Greek mathematician Euclid (3rd century BC).
What we have, we don’t keep, having lost it, we cry
The name of the vaudeville (1844) by S. Solovyov
The language of native aspens
Expression from an epigram (1884) by I. S. Turgenev to N. H. Ketcher (1809-1886), translator of Shakespeare; His translations are distinguished by their exceptional closeness to the original, which often harms poetry:
Here is another luminary of the world!
Catcher, friend of sparkling wines;
He performed Shakespeare for us
In the language of native aspens.
This expression is used ironically in reference to rough translations from foreign languages into Russian.
The article contains great quotes and phrases famous people, so, let's begin: - A bad person is never his own friend, he is always at enmity with himself. Aristotle.
- For the seeker of excessive pleasures, suffering will be the absence of excess. Paulo Coelho.
- I’m watching this film for the fourth time and I must tell you that today the actors played like never before. Faina Ranevskaya.
- I centered my life not in a heart that can be broken, not in feelings that become dull, but in a brain that does not wear out and experiences everything. Balzac O.
- I may not agree with your opinion, but I am ready to give my life for your right to express it. Voltaire.
- Everything has its time. Each event has its own hour.
- Man - that's the truth! Everything is in man, everything is for man! Only man exists, everything else is the work of his hands and his brain! Human! It's great! It sounds... proud! Maksim Gorky.
- Generally speaking, every woman is desirable to every man. When only one woman arouses desire in us, we call it love. Jack London "Straitjacket"
- Fortune loves those who are positive about life.
- If a person really wants something, then the whole Universe will help make his wish come true. Paulo Coelho.
- Anyone who leaves everything to chance turns his life into a lottery. Thomas Fuller.
- There are moments when a man says to a woman Furthermore what she should know about him. He said - and forgot, but she remembers. Lev Tolstoy.
A plucked flower must be given as a gift, a poem that has been started must be completed, and the woman you love must be happy, otherwise you shouldn’t have taken on something that is beyond your strength. Omar Khayyam.- Life is a tragedy when you see it close-up, and comedy when you look at it from afar. Charlie Chaplin.
- The meaning of life is in the beauty and strength of striving for a goal, and it is necessary that every moment of existence has its own high goal. Maksim Gorky.
- Life wears a person down. Wears it to holes. Charles Bukowski "Waste Paper"
- Selfless obsession with each other is ... not proof of the power of love, but only evidence of the immensity of the loneliness that preceded it. Erich Fromm "The Art of Loving"
- Knowledge about anything is general knowledge. Paulo Coelho.
- Before you diagnose yourself with depression and low self-esteem, make sure you are not surrounded by idiots. Sigmund Freud.
- Sometimes you need to take a step back, take a deep breath, and remind yourself who you are and who you want to be.
Very often people devalue themselves and overestimate others.- Sometimes, it is better to remain silent and seem like an idiot than to open your mouth and prove it. Film - Supernatural.
- Some trials are thrown away from each other different sides, and others are tied even tighter. Stan Barstow
- Every person is born for some kind of work. Everyone who walks the earth has responsibilities in life. Ernst Miller Hemingway.
- Usually you get a stab in the back from someone you cover with your chest... Elchin Safarli.
- I do not care what you think of me. I do not think about you at all. Coco Chanel
- It's never too late to set new goals and dream big.
- To which he replied: “You need to respond to good with good, and you need to respond to evil with justice.” Confucius.
- It is impossible to force yourself to love... Love either exists or it doesn’t. And if it is not there, you need to have the courage to admit it. Rachel Mead
- Don't make the classic mistake of all smart people: don't think that there are no people smarter than you. Film "Areas of Darkness"
- Isn't it strange that women compete over men they don't even want? John Ernst
- Don't waste your words on those who don't deserve them. Sometimes the loudest response is silence.
- Don't worry, they will definitely remember you. When you need it..
- There is nothing uglier than a man who thinks he is handsome. Frederick Beigbeder.
- Men, do you think women love handsome men or heroes... No, they love those who deal with them! Anna Akhmatova.
- But sometimes the worst thing you can give a woman is to love her. Gregory David Roberts
- Confucius was once asked the question: “Is it right to return good for evil?”
- Usually, when I want to get rid of someone who has bothered me with their conversations, I pretend to agree with him. Albert Camus"Stranger"
- Each person looks like as much as he has experienced and as much as he has read. Look at yourself. Arturo Perez-Reverte
Mortiu non mordent. Dead people don't bite.
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- What unites the wise man, the weak-minded and the lovers? They all need very little to be happy.
- A sense of responsibility is not the best sleeping pill.
- It's hypocrisy when you say you're buying liverwurst for your dog, but you lick your lips at the same time.
- Talent is like an orgasm: hard to hide, even harder to fake.
- Some people claim to have made it to the top, when in fact they just floated up there.
- I was once young and handsome, now I am only handsome.
- Bad habits are nonsense, if only I had health...
- By yawning loudly, a man shows his lack of culture, a woman demonstrates her capabilities.
- The only doctor who thinks that everything is fine with you works at the military registration and enlistment office.
- Better a terrible ending than endless horror.
- It’s good not just where we are not, but where we have never been!
- Life is short, just be patient...
- The probability of winning big in the lottery is always the same and does not depend on whether you bought lottery ticket or not.
- It’s not enough to know your worth - you also need to be in demand.
- Love for mother-in-law is measured in kilometers.
- We are not afraid of work, we do not run away from work, if there is work, we go to bed, if there is no work, we also sleep.
- It's good to throw money away when it blows in your direction.
- One head is good, but the whole body is better.
- It is better to receive from life not the joys of stingy telegrams, but the generosity of large transfers.
- Extradition is better than exhumation.
- Our town is small, a decent girl has nowhere to go except to get married!
- How more tongue braided, the easier it is to untie.
- The meaning of life is like the meaning of a joke - if you don’t feel the humor in them, then you see one complete misunderstanding.
- And the wolves are fed, and the sheep are safe, and the shepherd has eternal memory.
- When time is short, there is no time for friendship - only love.
- When starting a new business, you need to be prepared even for the fact that everything will work out for you.
- He who seeks will always borrow!
- There are situations in which surviving is the most decent thing you can do.
- If guests are treated like family members, they will not stay too long.
- It was good until it got bad.
- Love is not just for you, you have to do it.
- Only a genius can turn basic necessities into a distant dream.
- From the statement: “I ask, in addition to the bonus for harmfulness, to also pay me extra for greed and obstinacy.”
- Yesterday I suppressed all my sexual desires, so much so that I wet place left.
- Life is made up of little things. And it’s precisely because of the little things that it doesn’t add up.
- The New Year has passed, but the residue remains...
- Of all eternal things, love lasts the shortest.
- Life is dear to me as a memory.
- Milk is doubly funnier if after cucumbers.
- Happiness is when you are understood. Misfortune is when you are figured out.
- Show me a person who doesn't have any problems and I'll find a scar from a traumatic brain injury.
- Money is not evil; evil does not end so quickly.
- The husband's face is his wife's fur coat, and the wife's face is her husband's socks.
- A drunk professional is better than a sober idiot.
- There is less and less in the world that cannot be bought, and more and more that cannot be sold.
- Friends are people who know us well but still love us.
- You can't be cheerful, sober and smart at the same time.
- You can't give everything to everyone. Because there is a lot of everyone, but not enough of everything.
- The boss is not ignorant; the boss prefers creative practice to sterile theory.
- If I understood all the jokes, I would have died of laughter long ago.
- He has already grown out of diapers, but the smell remains.
- Real chaos is when everyone's dreams come true at the same time.
- The shame of the gypsy family is working parents and children who do not know how to beg.
- It may seem like I'm not doing anything, but cellular level I am really busy!
- If he calls, it means he likes to call.
- My conscience is so pure and transparent that it is practically invisible.
- The left is a well-inverted right.
- Ideas usually take hold of the masses in a perverted way.
- An egoist is a person who thinks only about himself and does not think about me at all.
- Principles arise where logic does not work.
- Sex is a matter of taste. For one it is bad, for two it is good...
- If year after year you are told that you have changed for the better, you will inevitably wonder who you were in the first place.
- Everyone thought to the extent of their licentiousness, but they all thought about the same thing.
- First you look for justice, and then another job.
- Human stupidity gives the idea of infinity.
- It's hard to argue with a naked woman.
- People are not a luxury - but a means of enrichment. Government.
- It is better to remain silent and seem like a fool than to open your mouth and completely dispel doubts.
- Say goodbye to your enemies - this will puzzle them.
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Always sharp and ironic, sometimes paradoxical and even caustic, the statements of these people have been added to more than one collection of aphorisms and have stood the test for years due to their undeniable accuracy.
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ALBERT EINSTEIN(Einstein, Albert) (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern physics. Known primarily as the author of the theory of relativity. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 (“for the explanation of the photoelectric effect”).
Said:
I never think about the future. It comes on its own soon enough.
Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works... and no one knows why!
The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible.
Since mathematicians took up the theory of relativity, I myself no longer understand it.
It makes no sense to continue doing the same thing and expect different results.
The greater my fame, the more stupid I become; and this is undoubtedly general rule.
FAINA GEORGIEVNA RANEVSKAYA (1896-1984) (real name Feldman), a sharp-tempered, eccentric actress of the Soviet period. People's Artist of the USSR (1961), twice laureate of the USSR State Prize (1949, 1951).
She said:
What kind of world is this? There are so many idiots around, how much fun they make!
I, like eggs, participate, but do not enter.
If a woman tells a man that he is the smartest, it means she understands that she will not find another such fool.
I feel well, but not well.
Damn nineteenth century, damned upbringing: I can’t stand when men are sitting.
Women are smarter than men. Have you ever heard of a woman who would lose her head just because a man has beautiful legs?
OSCAR WILDE(Wilde, Oscar), (1854-1900), English playwright, poet, novelist and critic. He is best known for his plays full of paradoxes, catchphrases and aphorisms, as well as for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Said:
It's always nice not to arrive where you are expected.
You should never trust a woman who tells you her age. A woman capable of this is capable of anything.
Positive people get on your nerves, bad people get on your imagination.
A man always wants to be a woman's first love. Women are more sensitive in such matters. They would like to become last love men.
Murder is always a miss. You should never do anything that you can't chat with people about after dinner.
Women have simply amazing intuition. They notice everything except the obvious.
A married man's happiness depends on those he is not married to.
FRANCOIS DE LAROCHEFOUCAULT(La Rochefoucauld, Francois de) (1613-1680). French political figure XVII century and a famous memoirist, author of famous philosophical aphorisms.
Said:
How often do people use their minds to do stupid things.
Anyone who thinks that they can do without others is greatly mistaken. But the one who thinks that others cannot do without him is even more mistaken.
While smart people are able to express a lot in a few words, limited people, on the contrary, have the ability to talk a lot - and say nothing.
There is only one love, but there are thousands of counterfeits.
We always have the courage to endure someone else's misfortune.
True love is like a ghost: everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
He who has never committed folly is not as wise as he thinks.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW(Shaw, George Bernard) (1856-1950), Irish playwright, philosopher and prose writer, an outstanding critic of his time and the most famous - after Shakespeare - playwright who wrote in English.
Said:
Dance is a vertical expression of horizontal desire.
My way of telling jokes is to tell the truth. This is the funniest joke ever.
I'm happy because I don't have time to think about how unhappy I am.
People never grow up. They just learn how to behave in public.
There is no woman who could say “goodbye” in less than thirty words.
Every person has the right to his own opinion - provided that it coincides with ours.
What's the point of money if you have to work for it?
GABRIELLE CHANEL, (Chanel, Gabrielle) (1883-1971), French fashion designer and entrepreneur, one of the trendsetters of women's fashion in the 20th century.
She said:
A woman should dress in such a way that it is pleasant to undress her.
You can never have too much money for independence.
The best thing about love is doing it.
Disgust often comes after pleasure, but often precedes it.
Women have no friends. They are either loved or not.
Fashion is something that goes out of fashion.
I do not care what you think of me. I do not think about you at all.
MARK TWAIN(Mark Twain, real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910). American writer, journalist and public figure.
Said:
Good parenting is the ability to hide how much we think about ourselves and how little about others.
If you pick up a yard dog on the street and feed it, it will never bite you. This is the difference between a dog and a person.
A classic is something that everyone considers necessary to read and no one reads.
Smoking allows you to believe that you are doing something when you are doing nothing.
It is not true that married men, when they see beautiful woman forget that they are married. At this moment, it is the memory of this that makes them especially depressing.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
It is better to remain silent and appear a fool than to speak up and dispel all doubts.
Resentment swallowed in large quantities, will definitely cause emotional distress. - Venedikt Nemov.
Famous people first spend their whole lives trying to become recognizable, and then wear dark glasses to get lost in the crowd.
You can’t wash your brain too often—the brains are erased. – Sergey Fedin.
There are no more obnoxious people than celebrities from the provinces. - A. Chekhov.
A person who can tame his own heart can conquer the world. - Paulo Coelho.
A chicken's brains can only be compensated by a lion's heart.
A person who doesn’t knit with bast puts anything in line with those who don’t knit with bast. – Sergey Fedin.
Fame is a payment for merit and labor, as well as a punishment for ability and talent. – Nicola Chamfort.
Freud is never mentioned in the house or in the presence of crazy people. – Sergey Fedin.
It's hard to think of anything more disgusting than most. - Goethe.
Sometimes even those who don't deserve it become famous. - G. Lessing.
Read the continuation of the best aphorisms and quotes on the pages:
Laziness seems to slow down time and space. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Religions, like chameleons, take on the color of the soil in which they live. Anatole France (Thibault)
Art is a mystery! Edvard Grieg
Cynicism is heroic idealism turned inside out. Aldous Leonard Huxley
Dear ladies, if your friend advises you to go out, enjoy life, pursue a career, and not think about the feelings of a man? So she wants you happy loneliness in middle and old age. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Misfortune makes a person wise, although it does not enrich him. Samuel Johnson
Variety kills variety. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
A righteous wife is wealth for the home and salvation for her husband. Gregory of Nazianzus (Gregory the Theologian)
Modesty is decorative. But somehow modestly. Sergey Fedin
The fundamental virtue of a citizen is distrust. Maximilian Robespierre
From perjury to fiction - one step. Don Aminado (Aminad Petrovich Shpolyansky)
There is no envy in the world, since all people stand on the same row, on the same rung of the ladder of happiness. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Retirement: rest forced on you when all you can do is work. Georges Elgozy
By improving the stagecoach, you can create the perfect stagecoach; but a first-class car – hardly. Edward De Bono
You can't hit the same pant leg twice. Sergey Ostashko
Eloquence, like the fair sex, has such significant charms that it does not tolerate attacks on itself. And it would be useless to criticize the art of deception when people like this kind of deception. John Locke
Did you get everything you need from happiness? Then pass the joint on. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Laziness is the destructive fire of dreams. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Life without sin is so sad that you will inevitably fall into the sin of despondency. Sergey Fedin
An aphorism is a mania of thought brought back to life by the magic of words. Evgeniy Khankin
These are the times, continuous executions for the Soul and now there are such a great number of them that it is incomprehensible to the mind, but THIS IS a daily reality.. Vladimir Solonina
Most of all, learn to hold your tongue. Menander
Talking does not mean doing. Unknown author
For me, like Antonina, the city and fatherland are Rome, and as a person, the world. And only what is useful to these two cities is good for me. Marcus Aurelius
Everything we see is only one appearance. Far from the surface of the world to the bottom. Consider the obvious in the world to be unimportant, For the secret essence of things is not visible. Omar Khayyam
He did not change his views - on the contrary, his views changed him. Wieslaw Brudzinski
Representatives upper class society, put pressure on the middle and lower class of society like grapes. They prepare from our suffering a delicious wine that belongs only to them. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
The destroyed ecology of the earth is the coffin of humanity. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Everything has some kind of limit, but not sorrow, it does not know sleep, does not know death; the day does not illuminate it, the night is its depth, its living memory. Maurice Blanchot
Folk songs are when there are more people on stage than in the hall. Unknown author
Hatred is the only feeling that yearns to take your throne and make your coffin a footstool. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
An optimist is an insufficiently hackneyed pessimist. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Our mind is metal extracted from form, and form is our actions. Henri Bergson
Envy aligns the entire human race under one straight line, which is called insignificance. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Do flies bite you? They're probably disdainful. Sergey Fedin
In fact, after death, everyone ends up in the same place. It's just that optimists consider it heaven, and pessimists consider it hell. Sergey Fedin
Homosexuals, lesbians, sexists, feminists, Nazis, and fascists are evil that pretends to be good. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Law is the art of goodness and justice. Unknown author
Even in the most terrible things, there is something funny. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
We are paying for the mistakes of our ancestors, so it is only fair that they leave us money for this. Don Marquis
Good intentions are thoughts not spoiled by actions. Evgeniy Khankin
Put on the brass knuckles of nobility, destroy evil. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Only very few areas scientific research are in a phase of such intensive development as modern mathematics. Alfred Tarski
He was an atheist by the grace of God, however. Sergey Fedin
The speech will become a little clearer when you have a brick in your hands. Sergey Fedin
No amount of wealth will make you richer. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
There is nothing worse than growing old alone. My wife has not celebrated her birthday for seven years now. Robert Orben
Russia is a very strange copy of America, and Kazakhstan is a very, very strange copy of Russia and America. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Getting married becomes a life sentence for some. Sergey Fedin
Only evil people they are afraid of evil. Walter Scott
To remain silent is to believe in yourself. Albert Camus
Those who went through the war very sincerely rejoice at its end, but in creativity they cannot go beyond the limits military themes. Frantisek Kryshka
You have to live with hopes, but live with losses! Michelle Emelyanov
Homosexuals, lesbians, sexists, feminists, Nazis, and fascists are the scum of society who finish off human race to death. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Envy is a talented musician who performs magnificent compositions on the thin strings of your proud ego. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
There is a group of people who were born on earth only to talk about death. There is a peculiar beauty in the slow decay, like the beauty of the sky at sunset, and this fascinates them. Rabindranath Tagore
An irritable tribe of poets. Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)
One can only envy someone who doesn’t want anything. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Where there was the most so-called positive religion, there was always the least morality. Johann Gottfried Seime
Greed and envy throw meaningless objects at people, and laugh loudly at people who mercilessly torment and kill each other over some stupid things. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
During war, in the human world, a huge number of legal crimes occur. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
The one who hides his talent most skillfully is the one who has nothing to hide. Edmund Burke (Burke)
The shit in this world evolves and multiplies. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Laziness is insomnia Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Beer comes out faster than water because the water still needs to change color... Unknown author
People are like plants that do not grow well unless they are well cared for. Charles Louis Montesquieu
All global problems, are born out of a little whim, in little minds. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
We admire antiquity, but live in modernity. Ovid (Publius Ovid Naso)
He who does not ask anything will learn nothing. Thomas Fuller
Selfishness makes the same miracles out of a person as love. Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin
An eight is a zero with a waist. Sergey Fedin
Lived in laziness! Alive in laziness! I will live in laziness! Sergey Fedin
Homosexuals, sexists, feminists, Nazis, and fascists are the scum of society who are killing the human race. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
A rare bird will fly to the middle of the Dnieper, especially if it flies along it... Sergey Fedin
People live in the nature they deserve. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
We die exactly when we cease to be needed by the world. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Nazis and racists want to destroy immigration in the world, they only want their homeland to die slowly and painfully, in the most terrible agony of independence. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Human-like, evil, angry defilers, wandering in the empty darkness own consciousness. Their souls are blacker than any ink. An inhuman growl is called their voice of the soul. Restless and inconsolable creatures, rapidly retreating into the infinitely deep sphere of their own non-existence. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Dejection is a web that completely immobilizes the body. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
The era is overtaken in the left lane. Leszek Kumor
The play and the role are only text for the actor. The distance from the text to the game is enormous. Gustav Gustavovich Shpet
Some individual considerations strike us to the heart. Wilhelm Dilthey
If you don’t have time, others will do it. Robinson A. William
Loneliness is the true road to heaven. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Homosexuality is a terrible mutation in the natural world. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
Gluttony mercilessly drowns in an insatiable thirst for poison. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
The crown of old men is the sons of sons. Bible, King Solomon
Humanity is drowning in its own shit. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich
People often feel as if a greater truth lies next to a greater unpleasantness. Karol Izhikowski
If the accused has confessed, there is no need for a judge. Unknown author
Reading the ancient sages, you often find something of your own. Cyril Northcote Parkinson