And Vaska listens and eats
Quote from the fable by I. A. Krylov (1769–1844) “The Cat and the Cook” (1813). Used when talking about a person who is deaf to reproaches and, despite any admonitions, continues to do his job.
And you, friends, no matter how you sit down,
You're not fit to be a musician
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “Quartet” (1811). Used in relation to a poorly performing team, in which things are not going well because there is no unity, agreement, professionalism, competence, or a clear understanding of each person’s own and common task.
And the casket just opened
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Casket” (1808). A certain “mechanical sage” tried to open the casket and was looking for the special secret of its lock. But since there was no secret, he did not find it and “left the box behind.”
But I couldn’t figure out how to open it,
And the casket simply opened.
This phrase is used when talking about some matter, an issue in the resolution of which there was no need to look for a complex solution, since there is a simple one.
And he, the rebellious one, asks for a storm,
As if there is peace in the storms!
Quote from the poem by M. Yu. Lermontov (1814–1841) “Sail” (1841).
Who are the judges?
Quote from the comedy by A. S. Griboedov (1795–1829) “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Chatsky:
Who are the judges? - In ancient times
Their enmity towards a free life is irreconcilable,
Judgments are drawn from forgotten newspapers
The times of the Ochakovskys and the conquest of Crimea.
The phrase is used to emphasize contempt for the opinions of authorities who are no better than those whom they are trying to teach, blame, criticize, etc.
And happiness was so possible
So close!
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” by A. S. Pushkin (1799–1837), ch. 8 (1832).
Administrative delight
Words from the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky (1821–1881) “Demons” (1871). An ironic expression meaning intoxication with power.
Ay, Moska! know she's strong
What barks at an elephant
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Elephant and the Pug” (1808). It is used when we are talking about someone’s senseless attacks on someone who is obviously superior to his “enemy” (critic, detractor, aggressor, etc.).
Alexander the Great is a hero, but why break the chairs?
Quote from the comedy “The Inspector General” (1836) by N.V. Gogol (1809–1852), the words of the Governor about the teacher: “He is a learned head - this is obvious, and he has picked up a lot of information, but he only explains with such fervor that he does not remember himself. I listened to him once: well, for now I was talking about the Assyrians and Babylonians - nothing yet, but when I got to Alexander the Great, I can’t tell you what happened to him. I thought it was a fire, by God! He ran away from the pulpit and, with all his strength, grabbed the chair on the floor. It is, of course, Alexander the Great, a hero, but why break the chairs?” The phrase is used when someone goes overboard.
Afanasy Ivanovich and Pulcheria Ivanovna
The heroes of N. V. Gogol's story “Old World Landowners” (1835), elderly spouses, kind and naive inhabitants, leading a calm, measured, serene life, limited by purely economic concerns. Their names have become household names for people of this type.
Oh my god! What will Princess Marya Aleksevna say?
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), Famusov’s words with which the play ends. Used to denote cowardly dependence on walking, sanctimonious morality.
Ah, evil tongues are worse than a pistol
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Molchalin.
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Bah! all familiar faces
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Famusov:
Bah! All familiar faces!
Daughter, Sofya Pavlovna! disgraceful!
Shameless! Where! with whom!
Neither give nor take, she
Like her mother, the deceased wife.
It happened that I was with my better half
A little apart - somewhere with a man!
The phrase is used to express surprise at an unexpected meeting with someone.
Grandma said in two
This is how they say that it is unknown whether it will come true. The expression is formed by truncation of the proverb “Grandma said in two: either it rains or snows, either it will happen or it won’t.”
Bazarov. Bazarovschina
By the name of Bazarov, the hero of the famous novel by I. S. Turgenev (1818–1883) "Fathers and Sons" (1862). Bazarov is a representative of part of the Russian raznochinnoe students of the 60s. XIX century, which at that time was keen on Western European materialist philosophy in its simplified, primitive interpretation.
Hence “Bazarovism” is a collective name, meaning all the extremes of this kind of worldview, namely passion for the natural sciences, crude materialism, emphasized pragmatism of behavior, rejection of traditional art and generally accepted rules of behavior.
The madness of the brave is the wisdom of life!
We sing a song to the madness of the brave
Quote from “Song of the Falcon” (1898) by M. Gorky (1868–1936).
Beat your head
The expression is used to mean: to spend time idly, to do trifles, to idle. Baklusha is a piece of wood processed for making various objects (spoons, cups, etc.). In handicraft production, it's like cutting off logs from logs to make wooden crafts. The figurative meaning is explained by the fact that making baklush was considered by the people to be an easy task that did not require effort or skill.
Beat with your forehead
The word “chelo” in Old Russian means “forehead”. In Ancient Rus', they hit the floor with their “brow,” that is, their forehead, falling before nobles and kings in prostrations. This was called “bowing with great custom” and expressed the utmost respect. This is where the expression “beat with the forehead” came from, meaning: to turn to the authorities with a request, to petition. In written requests - “petitions” - they wrote: “And for this, your servant Ivashko beats you with his brow...” Even later, the words “beat him with his brow” began to simply mean: “welcome.”
Bet
Means: to argue about something. In Rus', a pledge was called a pledge, as well as a bet, a bet on a win, or the bet itself. To fight meant “to bet, to argue.”
Blessed is he who believes, he is warm in the world!
Quote from the comedy by A. S. Griboyedov "Grief from the mind" (1824), Chatsky's words. The expression is used to refer to overly, unreasonably gullible people or those who are too deluded by their rosy plans and hopes.
Shoe a flea
The expression became popular after the appearance of the story “Lefty” by N. S. Leskov (1831–1895) (1881), which was created on the basis of a folk joke: “The British made a flea out of steel, but our Tula people shod it and sent it back to them.” Used in the meaning: to show extraordinary ingenuity in some matter, skill, subtle skill.
Petrel
After the appearance of “Song of the Petrel” in print (1901) In M. Gorky's literature, the petrel became a symbol of the coming revolutionary storm.
There was a case near Poltava
This expression is the first line of a poem by I. E. Molchanov (1809–1881), published in the 40–50s of the 19th century. and became a popular song. This is how they talk about some incident jokingly or boastfully.
You can be a smart person
And think about the beauty of your nails
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin. Quoted as a response to accusations of being too concerned about one’s appearance.
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You can't go anywhere in the carriage of the past
Quote from M. Gorky’s play “At the Lower Depths” (1902), words by Satin. Instead of “nowhere,” “far” is often quoted.
To Moscow, to Moscow, to Moscow!
In the play “Three Sisters” (1901) by A.P. Chekhov (1860–1904), this phrase is repeated with longing by the sisters, suffocating in the mud of provincial life, but not having the will to get out of it. This phrase is used to describe fruitless dreams.
In some kingdom, not in our state
The traditional beginning of many Russian folk tales. Used to mean: somewhere, unknown where.
There is no truth in my feet
Now used as a playful invitation to sit down. There are several possible origins for this phrase:
- According to the first version, the combination is due to the fact that in the XV–XVIII centuries. in Rus', debtors were severely punished, beaten with iron rods on their bare legs, seeking repayment of the debt, i.e., “truth,” but such punishment could not force those who did not have money to repay the debt;
- according to the second version, the expression arose due to the fact that the landowner, having discovered that something was missing, gathered the peasants and forced them to stand until the culprit was named;
- the third version reveals a connection between the expression and pravezh (cruel punishment for non-payment of debts). If the debtor fled from the law, they said that there was no truth at his feet, that is, it was impossible to get out of the debt; With the abolition of the law, the meaning of the saying changed.
You can't harness it to one cart
Horse and trembling doe
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Poltava” (1829).
Everything in a person should be beautiful: his face, his clothes, his soul, his thoughts.
Quote from A.P. Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” (1897); These words are spoken by Doctor Astrov. Often only the first half of a sentence is quoted.
The great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language
Quote from the prose poem by I. S. Turgenev “Russian Language” (1882).
Lord of Doom
An expression from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “To the Sea” (1825), in which the poet called Napoleon and Byron “rulers of thoughts.” In literary speech it is applied to great people whose activities had a strong influence on the minds of their contemporaries.
Power of darkness
The expression, which became a figurative definition of ignorance and cultural backwardness, became popular after the appearance of the drama by L. N. Tolstoy (1828–1910) “The Power of Darkness, or The Claw Gets Stuck - The Whole Bird is Lost” (1886).
You, Darling, look good in all your outfits
Quote from the poem by I. F. Bogdanovich (1743–1803) “Darling” (1778):
You, Darling, look good in all your outfits:
In the image of which queen are you dressed?
Are you sitting like a shepherdess near the hut,
You are a wonder of the world in everyone.
This line is better known thanks to A.S. Pushkin, who used it as an epigraph to his story “The Young Lady-Peasant” from the cycle “Belkin’s Tales”. It is used humorously and ironically as a ready-made compliment in response to women’s requests to evaluate a new dress, hairstyle, etc.
In all Ivanovo
The expression “at the top of Ivanovo (shout, scream)” is used to mean: very loudly, with all your might. Ivanovskaya is the name of the square in the Moscow Kremlin on which the Ivan the Great Bell Tower stands. There are several versions of the origin of this expression:
- on Ivanovskaya Square, sometimes the royal decrees were read publicly, in a loud voice (in the entire Ivanovskaya Square). Hence the figurative meaning of the expression;
- clerks were also sometimes punished on Ivanovskaya Square. They were beaten mercilessly with whips and batogs, causing them to scream throughout Ivanovskaya Square.
Troublemaker
This is the title of the novel (1940) by L.V. Solovyov (1898–1962) about Khoja Nasreddin, the hero of folk jokes among Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Armenians, peoples of the North Caucasus, Persians and Turks. The expression “troublemaker” has become popular as a figurative description of people rebelling against indifference, bureaucracy, and various manifestations of social injustice.
The Volga flows into the Caspian Sea.
Horses eat oats and hay
Quote from A.P. Chekhov’s story “Literature Teacher” (1894). These phrases are repeated in his dying delirium by history and geography teacher Ippolit Ippolitovich, who all his life expressed only well-known, indisputable truths. Used to mean: well-known banal statements.
In borrowed plumes
The expression arose from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Crow” (1825). The crow, having tucked its tail into peacock feathers, went for a walk, confident that she was Pavam's sister and that everyone would look at her. But the Peahens plucked the Crow so that not even her own feathers remained on her. The crow rushed to her people, but they did not recognize her. “A crow in peacock feathers” - they say about a person who arrogates to himself other people’s merits, unsuccessfully tries to play a high role that is unusual for him, and therefore finds himself in a comical situation.
Getting into trouble
The expression is used to mean: to be in an unpleasant, awkward or disadvantageous position due to one’s oversight or ignorance. The adverb “in a mess” was formed as a result of the fusion of elements in the combination “in a mess.” Prosak is a spinning mill, a rope machine on which ropes were spun in the old days. It consisted of a complex network of ropes that stretched from the spinning wheel to the sled, where they were twisted. The camp was usually located on the street and occupied a significant space. For a spinner to get his clothes, hair or beard into a hole, that is, into a rope mill, meant, at best, to be seriously injured and tear his clothes, and at worst, to lose his life.
Vralman
The protagonist of the comedy by D. I. Fonvizin (1744/1745-1792) “The Minor” (1782), an ignorant German, a former coachman, one of the teachers of the landowner’s son, the minor Mitrofanushka. His surname, composed of the Russian “liar” and the German “Mann” (man), which fully characterizes him, became a common name for a braggart and liar.
Seriously and for a long time
Expression by V. I. Lenin (1870–1924) from a report at the IX All-Russian Congress of Soviets. About the new economic policy, V.I. Lenin said: “...we are pursuing this policy seriously and for a long time, but, of course, as has already been correctly noted, not forever.”
Everything will pass like smoke from white apple trees
Quote from the poem by S. A. Yesenin (1895–1925) “I don’t regret, I don’t call, I don’t cry...” (1922):
I do not regret, do not call, do not cry,
Everything will pass like smoke from white apple trees.
Withered in gold,
I won't be young anymore.
It is quoted as consolation, as advice to approach life calmly, philosophically, since everything passes - both good and bad.
Everything is mixed up in the Oblonskys' house
Quote from L. N. Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina” (1875): “Everything was mixed up in the Oblonskys’ house. The wife found out that her husband was in a relationship with a French governess who was in their house, and announced to her husband that she could not live with him in the same house... The wife did not leave her room, the husband was not at home for the third day. The children ran around the house as if lost; the Englishwoman quarreled with the housekeeper and wrote a note to a friend, asking her to find a new place for her; the cook left the yard yesterday during lunch; the black cook and coachman asked for payment.” The quote is used as a figurative definition of confusion, confusion.
Everything is fine, beautiful marquise
Quote from the poem (1936) by A. I. Bezymensky (1898–1973) “Everything is fine” (French folk song). The Marquise, who has been away for fifteen days, calls her estate on the phone and asks one of the servants: “Well, how are things going with you?” He answers:
Everything is fine, beautiful marquise,
Things are going well and life is easy
Not a single sad surprise
Except for a trifle!So... nonsense...
An empty matter...
Your mare has died!
Everything is fine, everything is fine.
The coachman answered the marquise’s question: “How did this death happen?” – answers:
What's wrong with the mare:
Empty business!
She and the stable burned down!
But otherwise, beautiful marquise,
Everything is fine, everything is fine.
But otherwise,
beautiful marquise,
Everything is fine, everything is fine!
All this would be funny
If only it weren't so sad
Quote from the poem by M. Yu. Lermontov “A. O. Smirnova" (1840):
I want to tell you a lot without you,
I want to listen to you in front of you...
What to do?.. With unskillful speech
I can’t occupy your mind...
All this would be funny
If only it weren't so sad.
It is used as a commentary on an outwardly tragicomic, funny, but essentially very serious, alarming situation.
Wash dirty linen in public
Used to mean: to disclose troubles, quarrels that concern only a narrow circle of people. The expression is usually used with negation, as a call not to disclose the details of such quarrels (there is no need to wash dirty linen in public). It is associated with the ancient custom of not taking garbage out of the hut, but burning it (for example, in a stove), since an evil person could supposedly send trouble to the owner of the hut by uttering special words over the garbage.
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Galloping across Europe
This is the title of the travel essays of the poet A. A. Zharov (1904–1984), reflecting the cursory impressions he took from his trip to Western Europe (1928). The title is explained by the fact that Zharov and his companions, the poets I. Utkin and A. Bezymensky, were forced to greatly reduce their stay in Czechoslovakia and Austria at the request of the police.
M. Gorky, in his article “On the Benefits of Literacy” (1928), used Zharov’s expression “galloping across Europe,” but to address some authors of frivolous essays about life abroad, who provide readers with incorrect information. The expression is used as a definition of superficial observations in general.
Hamburg account
In 1928 A collection of literary critical articles, notes and essays by V. Shklovsky (1893–1984) entitled “The Hamburg Account” was published. The meaning of this name is explained in a brief programmatic article that opens the collection: “The Hamburg account is an extremely important concept. All wrestlers, when they fight, cheat and lie down on their shoulder blades on the orders of the entrepreneur. Once a year, wrestlers gather in a Hamburg tavern. They fight behind closed doors and curtained windows. Long, ugly and hard. Here the true classes of fighters are established, so as not to get shortchanged. The Hamburg account is necessary in literature." In conclusion, the article names several famous contemporary writers who, in the author’s opinion, do not stand up to the Hamburg count. Subsequently, Shklovsky recognized this article as “cocky” and incorrect. But the expression “Hamburg account” then became popular, initially in the literary community, as a definition of the assessment of any work of literature or art without discounts and concessions, and then became more widespread and began to be used in the assessment of certain social phenomena.
Hero of our time
The title of the novel by M. Yu. Lermontov (1840), possibly inspired by “The Knight of Our Time” by N. M. Karamzin. Allegorically: a person whose thoughts and deeds most fully express the spirit of modernity. The expression is used in a positive sense or ironically, in accordance with the personality of the person to whom it is applied.
The hero is not my novel
Chatsky
But Skalozub? What a treat!
Stands up for the army,
And with the straightness of the waist,
In face and voice - a hero...
Sophia
Not my novel.
The expression is used to mean: not to my taste.
Burn the hearts of people with the verb
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “The Prophet” (1828).
Used in the meaning: ardently, passionately preach, teach.
Eye, speed, pressure
Aphorism of the great Russian commander A.V. Suvorov. With these words, in his “Science of Conquering” (written in 1796, first edition 1806) he defined the “three arts of war.”
A stupid penguin timidly hides its fat body in the rocks
Quote from “Song of the Petrel” (1901) by M. Gorky.
Rotten liberalism
An expression by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889) from the satirical essay (1875) “The Lords of Silence” (from the series “In the midst of moderation and accuracy”), which became synonymous with unprincipledness, conciliation, connivance.
Hunger is not a thing
This is what they say about severe hunger, forcing one to take some kind of action. These words are part of an extended expression written down back in the 17th century: hunger is not an aunt’s, he won’t slip a pie, i.e., an aunt (godfather, mother-in-law) will help in difficult cases, feed you nourishingly and tasty food, but hunger can only push you to do many unwanted things. actions.
Woe from mind
The title of the comedy by A. S. Griboyedov.
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Was there a boy?
One of the episodes of M. Gorky’s novel “The Life of Klim Samgin” (1927) 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 a catchphrase, as a figurative expression of extreme doubt about something.
Yes, but things are still there
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “Swan, Pike and Cancer” (1814). Used to mean: things don’t move, they stand still, and fruitless conversations take place around them.
The lady is nice in every way
An expression from N. V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842): “Whatever name you come up with, there will certainly be in some corner of our state, - the good thing is great, - someone wearing it, and he will certainly get angry ... and therefore Let's call the lady to whom the guest came, as she legally acquired, for, of course, she spared nothing to become amiable to the last degree, although, of course, through the amiability, oh, what a nimble agility of a woman's character crept in! and although sometimes in every pleasant word of hers, what a pin stuck out ... "
Give oak
Used to mean “to die.” There are two versions of the origin of this expression:
- The phrase arose on Russian soil and is associated with the verb zadubet - “to cool down, lose sensitivity, become hard.”
- The expression originated in the south of Russia. It can be assumed that the dead were buried under the oak tree.
Twenty two misfortunes
This is how in A.P. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” (1903) they call the clerk Epikhodov, with whom some comical misfortune happens every day. The expression is applied to losers with whom some kind of misfortune constantly occurs.
Noble Nest
The title of the novel by I. S. Turgenev (1859), which became synonymous with a noble estate. This expression was used by Turgenev even earlier, in the story “My Neighbor Radilov” (1847).
Things of days gone by
Legends of deep antiquity
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” (1820), which is a close translation of the verses of one of Ossian’s poems, created by the English writer James Macpherson (1736–1796) and attributed by him to this legendary ancient Celtic bard. Allegorically about long-standing and unreliable events that few people remember.
In the bag
When they say “it’s in the bag,” it means: everything is in order, everything ended well. The origin of this expression is sometimes explained by the fact that in the time of Ivan the Terrible, some court cases were decided by lot, and lots were drawn from the judge’s hat. There are other explanations for the origin of the expression. Some researchers argue that clerks and clerks (they were the ones who dealt with all kinds of litigation), when dealing with court cases, used their hats to receive bribes, and if the size of the bribe suited the clerk, then “it was in the bag.”
The work of helping drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves
The satirical novel “Twelve Chairs” (1927) by I. Ilf (1897–1937) and E. Petrov (1902–1942) mentions a poster with such an absurd slogan hung in a club at an evening of the Water Rescue Society. This slogan began to be used, sometimes in a slightly modified version, as a humorous aphorism about self-help.
Time for business and time for fun
In 1656, by order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich (1629–1676), the “Book of the Constable: the New Code and Order of the Falconer’s Way” was compiled, that is, a collection of rules for falconry, a favorite pastime of that time. At the end of the preface, Alexey Mikhailovich made a handwritten note: “The prelogue is bookish or his own; This parable is spiritual and physical; “Don’t forget truth and justice and merciful love and military formation: it’s time for business and fun.” The words of the postscript have become an expression that is often interpreted not quite correctly, understanding the word “time” as the larger part, and the word “hour” as the smaller part, as a result of which the expression itself is changed: “it’s time for business, but it’s time for fun.” But the king did not even think about giving only an hour out of his whole time to fun. These words express the idea that there is a time for everything - both business and fun.
Demyanova's ear
The expression is used in the meaning: forced excessive treats against the wishes of the person being treated; generally anything persistently proposed. It arose from I. A. Krylov’s fable “Demyan’s Ear” (1813). Neighbor Demyan treated neighbor Foku’s fish soup so much that he
No matter how much I loved the fish soup, it’s such a disaster,
Grabbing in his arms
Sash and hat,
Hurry home without memory -
And from that time on, I never set foot near Demyan.
Derzhimorda
The character of N. V. Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General” (1836), a rude police servant who, according to Gorodnichy, “for the sake of order, puts lights under everyone’s eyes, both those who are right and those who are guilty.” His name entered literary speech with the meaning: a rude guardian of order, blindly carrying out orders from above.
Catch up and overtake
The expression arose from V. I. Lenin’s article “The Impending Catastrophe and How to Deal with It” (1917). In this article, V.I. Lenin wrote: “The revolution did what in a few months Russia, in its own way, political the formation has caught up with the advanced countries. But this is not enough. War is inexorable, it poses the question with merciless sharpness: either perish, or catch up with the advanced countries and overtake them as well. economically". The same slogan - “catch up and overtake America!” – was put forward again in the 1960s. First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee N. S. Khrushchev (1894–1971). Quoted as a call to win a competition (usually economic) with someone. Used both literally and ironically.
Dr. Aibolit
The hero of the fairy tale by K. I. Chukovsky (1882–1969) “Aibolit” (1929). The name of the “good doctor” Aibolit began to be used (at first by children) as a playfully affectionate name for a doctor.
Domostroy
“Domostroy” is a monument of Russian literature of the 16th century, which is a set of everyday rules and moral teachings. These rules, set out in more than sixty chapters, were based on a firmly developed worldview that had developed under the influence of the church. “Domostroy” teaches “how to believe,” “how to honor the king,” “how to live with wives and children and household members,” and normalizes home life and household management. The ideal of any economy, according to Domostroi, is hoarding, which should help to acquire wealth, which is achievable only under the condition of the autocracy of the head of the family. The husband, according to Domostroy, is the head of the family, the master of his wife, and Domostroy indicates in detail in what cases he must beat his wife, etc. Hence the word “Domostroy” means: a conservative way of family life, a morality that affirms slavish woman's position.
Fight like Sidorov's goat
Used in the meaning: to flog, beat someone strongly, cruelly and mercilessly. The name Sidor among the people was often associated with the idea of an evil or grumpy person, and a goat, according to popular ideas, is an animal with a harmful character.
Darling
The heroine of the story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov (1899), an ingenuous woman who changes her interests and views as her lovers change, through whose eyes she looks at life. The image of Chekhov's “darling” also characterizes people who change their beliefs and views depending on who is influencing them at a given time.
Breathing on your last breath
This is what they say about a thin, weak, sickly-looking person who does not have long to live. The expression is based on the religious symbolism of the word “incense”. In the church, incense is burned (they rock a vessel containing smoking incense). This rite is performed, in particular, before the dead or dying.
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There is life in the old dog yet
Quote from N.V. Gogol’s story “Taras Bulba” (1842). Allegorically about the ability to do a lot more; about good health, good health, or the great potential of a person who is capable of many significant things, although those around him no longer expect this from him.
There is something to despair about
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824). Chatsky, interrupting Repetilov’s lies, tells him:
Listen, lie, but know when to stop;
There is something to despair about.
There is ecstasy in battle,
And the dark abyss on the edge
Quote from the dramatic scene of A. S. Pushkin “A Feast during the Plague” (1832), song of the chairman of the feast. Used as a formula to justify unnecessarily risky behavior.
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Alive Smoking Room
An expression from a folk children's song sung when playing "Smoking Room". The players sit in a circle and pass each other a burning splinter with the refrain: “The Smoking Room is alive, alive, thin legs, short soul.” The one in whose hands the torch goes out leaves the circle. This is where the expression “the Smoking Room is alive” came from, used as a playful exclamation when referring to the ongoing activities of insignificant people, as well as the continuous activities of someone in difficult conditions.
Living water
In Russian folk tales there is magical water that revives the dead and gives heroic strength.
Live and let others live
The first line of the poem by G. R. Derzhavin (1743–1816) “On the Birth of Queen Gremislava” (1798):
Live and let others live,
But not at the expense of another;
Always be happy with yours
Don't touch anything else:
Here is the rule, the path is straight
For the happiness of each and everyone.
Derzhavin is the author of this poetic formula, but not the very thought contained in it, which has long existed as a proverb in different languages. Its French version was also widely known in Russia - “Vivons et laissons vivre les autres”. The authorship of this idea is unknown. But in any case, its Russian translation became an aphorism thanks to G.R. Derzhavin.
By Queen Gremislava the poet means the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. According to legend, the expression “live and let others live” was her favorite saying.
Allegorically: a call to be attentive to the interests of other people, to seek a compromise with them, a certain formula of coexistence that suits everyone.
Living Dead
The expression became widespread after the appearance of the drama “The Living Corpse” (1911) by L. N. Tolstoy, the hero of which, Fedya Protasov, feigning suicide, hides from his wife and people of his circle and lives among the dregs of society, being in his own eyes a “living corpse” . Now the expression “living corpse” is used in the sense of: a degraded person, morally devastated, as well as in general something deadened that has outlived its usefulness.
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Out of reach
The expression belongs to Admiral F.V. Dubasov (1845–1912), known for the brutal suppression of the Moscow armed uprising. In his “victorious” report to Nicholas II dated December 22, 1905, Dubasov wrote: “Retreating, the rebels, on the one hand, tried and managed to quickly remove the elected leaders beyond the reach of, on the other hand, they left scattered, but the most irreconcilable and embittered fighters... I cannot recognize the rebellious movement as completely suppressed.”
Far away.
Far away [thirtieth] kingdom
An expression often found in Russian folk tales with the meaning: far away, in an unknown distance.
Forget yourself and fall asleep!
Quote from the poem by M. Yu. Lermontov “I go out alone on the road”:
I don't expect anything from life,
And I don’t regret the past at all;
I'm looking for freedom and peace!
I would like to forget myself and fall asleep!
Shabby look
This expression appeared under Peter I (1672–1725). Zatrapeznikov is the name of a merchant whose factory produced very coarse and low-quality fabric. Since then, this has been said about a sloppily dressed person.
Abstruse language. Zaum
Terms created by the poet and futurism theorist A.E. Kruchenykh. In the “Declaration of the Word as Such” (1913), the essence of “zaumi” is defined as follows: “Thought and speech do not keep pace with the experience of the inspired, therefore the artist is free to express himself not only in a general language... but also in a personal one... without a specific meaning... abstruse. On the basis of this far-fetched false theory, futurist poets created words devoid of any substantive and semantic meaning; they wrote, for example, the following poems: “Serzha melepeta was overshadowed by ok rizum meleva alik.” Therefore, the terms “abstruse” and “abstruse language” began to be used to mean: a language incomprehensible to the broad masses, generally nonsense.
Hello, young, unfamiliar tribe!
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Once again I visited / That corner of the earth...” (1835):
Hello tribe
Young, unfamiliar! not me
I will see your mighty late age,
When you outgrow my friends
And you will cover their old head
From the eyes of a passerby...
It is used as a humorous and solemn greeting addressed to youth and young colleagues.
Green grapes
The expression came into wide circulation after the appearance of I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes” (1808). The fox, who cannot reach the high-hanging bunches of grapes, says:
He looks good,
Yes it is green - there are no ripe berries,
You'll set your teeth on edge right away.
Used to denote imaginary contempt for something that cannot be achieved.
Hot spot
An expression from an Orthodox funeral prayer (“...in a place of peace, in a place of peace...”). This is how heaven is called in texts in Church Slavonic. The figurative meaning of this expression is “a cheerful place” or “a satisfying place” (such a place in old Russia could be a tavern). Over time, this expression acquired a negative connotation - a place where they indulge in revelry and debauchery.
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And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words of Chatsky, who returned from his trip. Recalling old Muscovites with sarcasm, he says:
I am destined to see them again!
Will you get tired of living with them, and in whom you won’t find any stains?
When you wander, you return home,
And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us.
Griboyedov’s last phrase is a not entirely accurate quote from G. R. Derzhavin’s poem “The Harp” (1798):
Good news about our side is dear to us:
Fatherland and smoke is sweet and pleasant to us.
Derzhavin’s phrase came into wide circulation, of course, as a quote from Griboyedov’s comedy. Allegorically about love, affection for one’s fatherland, when even the smallest signs of one’s own, dear one cause joy and tenderness.
And live in a hurry and feel in a hurry
Quote from the poem by P. A. Vyazemsky (1792–1878) “The First Snow” (1822). Taken by A. S. Pushkin as an epigraph to the 1st chapter of “Eugene Onegin.” Allegorically: 1. About a person who, although he is in a hurry, cannot complete anything. 2. About someone who strives to take as much as possible from life, to enjoy everything, without particularly thinking about the price that will have to be paid for it.
And it’s boring, and sad, and there’s no one to give a hand to
Quote from M. Yu. Lermontov’s poem “Both Boring and Sad” (1840):
And it’s boring, and sad, and there’s no one to give a hand to
In a moment of spiritual adversity...
Desires! What benefit is there to wish for in vain and forever?
And the years pass - all the best years...
Allegorically about loneliness, the absence of loved ones.
And again the battle!
Rest only in our dreams
Quote from the poem by A. A. Blok (1880–1921) “On the Kulikovo Field” (1909). Allegorically about the determination to fight further to achieve the goal.
And the one who walks through life singing,
He will never disappear anywhere
Chorus of the popular march from the film “Jolly Fellows” (1934), lyrics by V. I. Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949), music by I. O. Dunaevsky (1900–1955).
Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforov
Characters from “The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich” (1834) by N. V. Gogol. The names of these two Mirgorod inhabitants have become household names for people who constantly quarrel with each other, synonymous with squabbles and gossip.
Ivan Nepomniachtchi
IN In Tsarist Russia, captured escaped convicts, hiding their past, hid their real first and last names, called themselves Ivans and said that they did not remember their relationship; the police recorded them as “not remembering their kinship,” hence their nickname “Ivan Nepomniachtchi.”
I'm coming at you
Prince Svyatoslav, starting the war, announced to the enemy in advance: “I want to go against you.” N. M. Karamzin (1766–1826), relaying the chronicle legend, cites Svyatoslav’s phrase in the form: “I’m coming at you!” The phrase became popular in the editorial office: “I’m coming to you.” Used in the meaning: I intend to enter into confrontation, argument, dispute, etc.
A spark will ignite a flame
Quote from a poem by the Decembrist poet A. I. Odoevsky (1802–1839), written in Siberia in response to the poetic message of A. S. Pushkin (1826), addressed to the Decembrists exiled to hard labor (“In the depths of the Siberian ores / Keep proud patience ...").
Allegorically about faith in success, the victory of one’s business, despite its difficult beginning.
For the love of art
An expression from the vaudeville of D. T. Lensky (1805–1860) “Lev Gurych Sinichkin” (1839). One of the vaudeville characters, Count Zefirov, is after pretty actresses, playing the patron of the arts who patronizes the local troupe. His favorite expression, which he repeats every minute: “For the love of art.”
Used in the meaning: out of love for the work itself, occupation, without any selfish goals.
From a beautiful distance
An expression from N. V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842): “Rus! Rus! I see you from my wonderful, beautiful distance, I see you” (almost the entire 1st volume of “Dead Souls” was written by Gogol abroad). It is quoted as a playfully ironic designation of a place where a person is freed from ordinary worries, difficulties, and problems.
A hut on chicken legs
In Russian folk tales, Baba Yaga lives in such a hut. This figurative name comes from those wooden log houses that in the old days, in order to protect them from rotting, were placed on stumps with the roots cut off.
Highlight
The expression arose from a popular proverb: “Kvass is not dear, but the zest in kvass is dear.” It 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, there is zest in kvass? – there was no game in our lives. And I needed to forget. And without playing you won’t be forgotten...” Used in the meaning: something that gives a special taste, attractiveness to something (a dish, a story, a person, etc.).
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Kazan orphan
This is the name given to a person who pretends to be unhappy, offended, helpless in order to evoke the sympathy of compassionate people. With this expression during the time of Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584) they jokingly called the Tatar princes who converted to Christianity after the conquest of Kazan and sought honors at the royal court. In their petitions they often called themselves orphans. Another option is also possible: after the conquest of Kazan, many beggars appeared who pretended to be victims of the war and said that their parents died during the siege of Kazan.
Like a squirrel in a wheel
An expression from I. A. Krylov’s fable “Squirrel” (1833):
Look at another businessman:
He fusses, rushes about, everyone marvels at him:
He seems to be breaking out of his skin,
Yes, but everything doesn’t move forward,
Like a squirrel in a wheel.
The expression is used to mean: constantly fussing, fussing without visible results.
No matter what happens
Words of teacher Belikov from A.P. Chekhov’s story “The Man in a Case” (1898). Quoted as the definition of cowardice, alarmism.
How did you come to live like this?
Quote from a poem N. A. Nekrasova (1821–1878) "Poor and elegant" (1861):
Let’s call her over and ask her:
“How did you come to live like this?..”
Used to express bewilderment and regret about the troubles that befell a person.
Like under every leaf
The table and the house were ready
Quote from the fable “The Dragonfly and the Ant” (1808) by I. A. Krylov. The expression is given to characterize easily, effortlessly achieved material security.
Like water off a duck's back
Due to the fatty lubricant of the feathers, water easily rolls off the goose. This observation led to the appearance of this expression. It is used to denote a person who is indifferent to everything, doesn’t care about everything.
How beautiful, how fresh the roses were...
This line is from the poem “Roses” by I. P. Myatlev (1796–1844). It is used when they sadly remember something joyful, bright, but long past.
Capital to acquire and innocence to maintain
An expression popularized by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin (“Letters to Auntie” (1882), “Little Things in Life” (1887), “Mon Repos Shelter” (1879), etc.). Used in the meaning: to satisfy one’s selfish interests, while trying to maintain the reputation of a disinterested person, an altruist.
Karamazovism
A word that came into widespread use after the publication of F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “The Brothers Karamazov” (1879–1880). This word denotes the extreme degree of moral irresponsibility and cynicism (“everything is allowed”), which constitute the essence of the worldview and morals of the main characters.
Karataev.
Karataevshchina
Platon Karataev is one of the heroes of L. N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” (1865–1869). His humility and meek, gentle attitude towards any manifestation of evil (“non-resistance to evil”) expresses, according to Tolstoy, the essence of the Russian peasantry, genuine folk wisdom.
Kiseynaya young lady [girl]
Apparently, for the first time this expression entered literary speech from the novel by N. G. Pomyalovsky (1835–1863) “Pittish Happiness” (1861). Used to mean: a cutesy, pampered girl with a limited outlook.
Knock out a wedge with a wedge
It means “to get rid of something (bad, difficult) by acting as if it does not exist, or by resorting to exactly what caused it.” The expression is associated with wood splitting, in which logs are split by driving a wedge into a crack made with an ax. If the wedge gets stuck in the wood without splitting it, then you can knock it out (and at the same time split the log) only with a second, thicker wedge.
Kolomenskaya verst
This is the name given to long and thin people. In the 17th century, by order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, on the “pillar” road (that is, a road with mileposts) between Moscow and the royal summer residence in the village of Kolomenskoye, distances were re-measured and “versts” were installed - especially high mileposts, from which and this expression started.
Who can live well in Rus'?
The title of the poem by N. A. Nekrasov, the first chapter of which was published in 1866. Seven peasants, having argued about
Who has fun?
Freely in Rus', -
they decide not to return home until they find an answer to this question, and walk around Rus' in search of “who can live well in Rus'.” Quoted as a humorous and ironic commentary on all kinds of sociological studies, surveys, their results, etc.
Kondrashka had enough
This is what they say if someone suddenly died or passed away (about apoplexy, paralysis). There are several versions of the origin of the turnover:
- the phraseological unit goes back to the name of Kondraty Bulavin, the leader of the popular uprising on the Don in 1707;
- Kondrashka is a euphemistic name for death, serious illness, paralysis, characteristic of popular superstition.
Ends in the water
The expression is associated with the name of Ivan the Terrible. Repressions against the population under this tsar sometimes took on such a scale that they embarrassed even Ivan himself. In such cases, in order to hide the true scale of the executions, people who died from torture were secretly thrown into the river. Hiding the loose ends means covering up the traces of the crime.
The horse didn't lie
Used to mean: nothing has been done yet, the work is still far from starting. The origin of the turnover is associated with the habit of horses to wallow before allowing a collar or saddle to be put on, which delayed work.
Box
Character from N.V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842): “... one of those mothers, small landowners who cry about crop failures, losses... and meanwhile they gradually collect money in colorful bags placed in dresser drawers. All the rubles are taken into one bag, fifty rubles into another, quarters into a third, although from the outside it seems as if there is nothing in the chest of drawers except linen, night blouses, skeins of thread, and a torn cloak, which can then turn into a dress if the old one will somehow burn out while baking holiday cakes with all sorts of yarn, or it will wear out on its own. But the dress will not burn or fray on its own; the old woman is thrifty, and the cloak is destined to lie for a long time in a ripped state, and then, according to the spiritual will, go to the niece of her grand-sister along with all other rubbish.” The name Korobochka has become synonymous with a person who lives by petty interests, a petty skopid.
Blood with milk
This is what they say about a ruddy, healthy person. An expression from Russian folklore, which combines folk ideas about the beauty of color: red as blood and white as milk. In Rus', a white face and blush on the cheeks have long been considered a sign of beauty, which was evidence of good health.
The cuckoo praises the rooster
Because he praises the cuckoo
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Cuckoo and the Rooster” (1841):
Why, without fear of sin,
Does the cuckoo praise the rooster?
Because he praises the cuckoo.
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Extraordinary lightness in thoughts
The words of the boastful Khlestakov in N.V. Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General” (1836): “However, there are many of mine: The Marriage of Figaro, Robert the Devil, Norma. I don’t even remember the names; And it all happened by chance: I didn’t want to write, but the theater management said: “Please, brother, write something.” I think to myself: “If you please, brother!” And then in one evening, it seems, he wrote everything, astonishing everyone. I have an extraordinary lightness in my thoughts.”
Get into trouble
It means: in rage and blindness, to go against common sense to obvious death, to “run into” trouble. “Rozhnom” in the Old Russian language (and now in local dialects) was the name for a pointed stake. When hunting a bear, daredevils put a sharp stake in front of them when they went at it. Having run into trouble, the bear died. The expression “to fight against the prick” or, conversely, “you can’t trample against the prick” has the same origin. Hence the “don’t care” in the sense: there is nothing.
Extra people.
Extra person
From “The Diary of an Extra Man” (1850) by I. S. Turgenev. The image of the “superfluous man” was very popular in Russian literature of the 19th century. as a type of nobleman who, in the current socio-political conditions, does not find a place for himself in life, cannot self-realize and suffers from this, languishing in inactivity. The very interpretation of the “superfluous person” - precisely as a very specific social type - served for many authors of those years as a form of indirect, non-political protest against the prevailing living conditions in Russia.
Usually the expression is used in relation to people who are in some way similar to these heroes of Russian classical literature.
A ray of light in a dark kingdom
The title of the article (1860) by N. A. Dobrolyubov (1836–1861), dedicated to the drama “The Thunderstorm” by A. N. Ostrovsky (1823–1886). Dobrolyubov views the suicide of the heroine of the drama, Katerina, as a protest against the tyranny and tyranny of the “dark kingdom.” This protest is passive, but it indicates that the oppressed masses are already awakening to the consciousness of their natural rights, that the time of slavish obedience is passing. That’s why Dobrolyubov called Katerina “a ray of light in a dark kingdom.” Allegorically: a joyful, bright phenomenon (a kind, pleasant person) in some difficult, depressing situation.
Less is more
Title of the article (1923) by V.I. Lenin. The phrase is a symbol of the priority of quality over quantity.
Love for all ages
Quote from the poem “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin. Used as a playfully ironic commentary on the passionate, youthful feelings of an elderly man.
Ogress Ellochka
“William Shakespeare’s dictionary, according to researchers, is 12,000 words. The dictionary of a black man from the cannibal tribe “Mumbo-Yumbo” is 300 words.
Ellochka Shchukina easily and freely made do with thirty.”
This is how Chapter XXII, Part II “Ellochka the Ogress” begins in the novel by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov “The Twelve Chairs” (1928).
In the vocabulary of the bourgeois Ellochka, words such as “famous”, “darkness”, “creep”, “guy”, “taxo”, etc., serve to express all her wretched feelings and thoughts. Her name has become a household name for people who pepper their meager speech with made-up words and vulgarisms.
Sharpen the laces
The expression “to sharpen your lasses” means “to chat nonsense, to engage in frivolous, pointless conversation.” The expression comes from a simple ancient work - the manufacture of balusters: turned posts for railings. Lyasy - presumably the same as balusters, balusters. A baluster was a turner who made balusters (in a figurative sense - a joker, funny man, joker). The baluster craft was considered fun and easy, not requiring special concentration and giving the master the opportunity to sing, joke, and chat with others.
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Manilov. Manilovschina
Manilov is one of the heroes of N.V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842), a landowner, cloyingly sweet in his treatment of his family and guests, a sentimental, fruitless dreamer.
Disservice
The expression arose from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Hermit and the Bear” (1808). Used to mean: an inept, awkward service that brings harm or trouble instead of help.
Dead Souls
The title of the poem by N.V. Gogol, the main character of which Chichikov, with a speculative purpose, buys “dead souls” from landowners, who, according to documents, were listed as alive before the next census. The expression has become popular in its meaning: people fictitiously registered somewhere, as well as people “dead in spirit.”
Philistine happiness
Title of the story (1861) by N. G. Pomyalovsky. Used to mean: life without high goals, aspirations, filled with small, everyday worries, acquisitions, etc.
A million torments
Chatsky’s words in A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824):
Yes, there is no urine: a million torments
Breasts from friendly vices,
Feet from shuffling, ears from exclamations,
And worse than my head from all sorts of trifles.
The expression became popular thanks to the widely known article “A Million Torments” (1872) by writer Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), who reinterpreted Griboyedov’s expression in it in the spirit of his time - spiritual, moral torment.
It is used humorously and ironically: in relation to all kinds of nervous, long, varied efforts, as well as to heavy thoughts and doubts regarding some important matter.
Pass us away more than all sorrows
And lordly anger and lordly love
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit”, words from the maid Lisa. Allegorically: it is better to stay away from the special attention of people on whom you depend, since there is only one step from their love to their hatred.
Mitrofan
The main character of the comedy “The Minor” (1782) by D. I. Fonvizin is a stupid landowner’s son, a spoiled minor, a lazy person, incapable of learning. His name became a household name for people of this type.
I don't care about your gift
Dear your love
Expression from the Russian 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.
The meaning of the expression: what is important is not the cost and sophistication of the gift, but the feelings that it is intended to express.
My universities
The title of an autobiographical story (1923) by M. Gorky; He calls the school of life he went through universities.
The expression is often used by replacing the word “my” with another that suits the occasion.
Young everywhere at we are dear
Quote from “Song of the Motherland” in the film “Circus” (1936), text by V. I. Lebedev-Kumach, music by I. O. Dunaevsky. It is used both literally and ironically, depending on the situation.
Milk rivers and jelly banks
An expression from a Russian folk tale. Used as a figurative definition of a carefree, free life.
Molchalin. Silence
Molchalin is a character in A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), a type of careerist, obsequious and modest before his superiors; He defines his virtues in two words: “moderation and accuracy.” His name and the word “silence” that arose from it became synonymous with careerism and servility.
Moscow... so much in this sound
For the Russian heart it has merged!
How much resonated with him!
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin. Expresses admiration for the capital of Russia, the historical and national characteristics of Moscow, and its appearance.
We all learned a little,
Something and somehow
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin. Used when talking about amateurism, shallow, superficial knowledge in any area.
We cannot wait for favors from nature; taking them from her is our task
The expression belongs to the Soviet biologist-geneticist breeder I.V. Michurin (1855–1935), who in practice, on a large scale, showed the possibility of changing the hereditary forms of organisms, adapting them to human needs. Quoted ironically about the absurd, objectively harmful plans for the interests of humanity to “conquer” nature. The phrase is a symbol of consumer attitude towards nature.
We plowed
Quote from the fable by I. I. Dmitriev (1760–1837) “The Fly” (1803):
The ox with the plow trudged through his labors to rest,
And the Fly sat on his horns,
And they met Mukha on the way.
“Where are you from, sister?” – this was the question.
And she, raising her nose,
In response he says to her: “Where from?” –
We were plowing!”
The quote is used to characterize people who want to show that they took an active part in some work, although in reality their role was insignificant and they attribute to themselves the merits of others.
We were born to make a fairy tale come true
Quote from the poem by P. D. German (1894–1952) “Everything Higher,” dedicated to Soviet pilots:
We were born to make a fairy tale come true,
Overcome space and space.
The mind gave us steel arms - wings,
And instead of a heart there is a fiery motor...
The poem set to music gained wide popularity, and its first line became famous. Used ironically in relation to discredited socialist doctrines and political slogans. Also used as humorous self-praise.
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To grandfather's village
In A. P. Chekhov’s story “Vanka” (1886), a nine-year-old peasant boy, Vanka Zhukov, brought from the village to Moscow and apprenticed to a shoemaker, writes a letter to his grandfather. “Vanka folded the covered sheet of paper into four and put it in an envelope he had bought the day before for a penny... After thinking a little, he dipped his pen and wrote the address: “To grandfather’s village.” Then he scratched himself, thought and added: “To Konstantin Makarych.” The expression “to grandfather’s village” is used jokingly when talking about an inaccurate address or its absence.
At the bottom
“At the Bottom” is the title of M. Gorky’s play, first staged at the Moscow Art Theater on December 18, 1902. The first edition of the play, published the same year in Munich, was entitled “At the Bottom of Life.” According to I. A. Bunin, Leonid Andreev advised Gorky to give the play the title “At the Bottom” instead of “At the Bottom of Life”.
These expressions are used when talking about the lowest rung of the social ladder, about the actual “dropping out” of normal life.
At the dawn of foggy youth
Quote from the poem “Separation” (1840) by A. V. Koltsov (1809–1842), set to music by A. Gurilev (1803–1858) and other composers. Used to mean: once upon a time, a long time ago.
Cuts the soles as you go
The expression originated from a Russian folk tale about thieves. The old thief agreed to take a young guy as his comrade, but with a persuasion: “I’ll take it... if you steal eggs from under a wild duck, you’ll steal them so that she won’t hear and won’t fly from the nest.” - “What a curiosity!” – the guy answered. So they set off together, found a duck’s nest and crawled towards it on their belly. While the uncle (thief) was still creeping up, the guy had already taken all the eggs from the nest, and so cunningly that the bird did not even move a feather; Yes, not only did he pick out the eggs, but in passing he cut out the soles of the old thief’s boots. “Well, Vanka, there’s nothing to teach you, you’re a great master yourself!” This is how they jokingly talk about a cunning, cunning person, capable of fraudulent tricks.
The song helps us build and live
Quote from the “March of the Cheerful Guys”, words by V. I. Lebedev-Kumach, music by I. O. Dunaevsky from the film “Merry Guys” (1934).
The people are silent
The tragedy of A. S. Pushkin “Boris Godunov” (1831) ends with the following scene: boyar Masalsky, one of the murderers of Boris Godunov’s widow and her son, announces to the people: “People! Maria Godunova and her son Theodore poisoned themselves. We saw their dead bodies. (The people are silent in horror.) Why are you silent? Shout: long live Tsar Dimitri Ivanovich! (The people are silent.)"
The last remark, having become a catchphrase, is used when it comes to: 1. About the resigned obedience of the people to the authorities, about the lack of desire, will, and courage to defend their interests. 2. About the silence of those present when discussing an important issue.
Our regiment has arrived
An expression from the ancient “game” song “And we sowed millet,” known in many versions. This expression, as a rule, is used to mean: there have been more people like us (in some respect).
Doesn't dance
The expression is used to mean: it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out as it should. It originated from N. V. Gogol’s story “The Enchanted Place” (1832). The old grandfather, tipsy, started dancing, “went to kick horseradish all over the smooth place that was near the cucumber bed. However, I had only just reached halfway and wanted to take a walk and throw some of my things into the whirlwind with my feet - my legs wouldn’t rise, and that’s all!.. I accelerated again, reached the middle - it wouldn’t take me! whatever you do: it doesn’t take it, and it doesn’t take it! Legs like wooden steel. “Look, this is a devilish place! Look, a satanic obsession!..” He set off again and began scratching fractionally, finely, to look at; to the middle - no! doesn’t dance, that’s all!”
Don't tempt me unnecessarily
Quote from a poem by E. A. Baratynsky (1800–1844) "Disbelief" (1821), set to music by M. I. Glinka (1825):
Don't tempt me unnecessarily
The return of your tenderness.
Alien to the disappointed
All the illusions of former days!
Ironically about your lack of faith in someone’s promises, assurances, etc.
It didn't fit in
This is how in the old days they talked about “movable property” (especially domestic animals), the acquisition of which ended in failure (the dishes broke, the horse died, etc.).
This expression is associated with the belief in brownies, who, according to our distant ancestors, were in charge of the entire “house and yard” and were their secret masters. Then “it didn’t fit in” meant: the brownie didn’t like it.
Nowadays the expression “out of place” is used in the sense of “inopportunely, not to one’s liking.”
Without further ado
An expression from A. S. Pushkin’s tragedy “Boris Godunov” (1831), scene “Night. Cell in the Chudov Monastery”, words of the chronicler Pimen:
Describe without further ado,
All that you will witness in life.
The expression is used to mean: no fuss, simple.
Inspiration is not for sale
But you can sell the manuscript
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Conversation between a bookseller and a poet” (1825). Used to mean: the commercial interest of the artist does not contradict the freedom of his creativity.
Slurping not salty
The origin of this expression is due to the fact that salt in Rus' was an expensive and difficult to obtain product. The owner always salted the food: the one he loved and respected received more salt, but the humble visitor sometimes received no salt at all. Today, “having a half-slurp” means “having been deceived in your expectations, not achieving what you wanted, having met with a bad reception.”
I don't want to study, I want to get married
The words of Mitrofanushka from the comedy “The Minor” (1782) by D. I. Fonvizin: “The hour of my will has come: I don’t want to study, I want to get married.” Quoted as an ironic commentary on the sentiments of idle, lazy, narrow-minded teenagers interested only in entertainment.
The sky is in diamonds
An expression from A. P. Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” (1897). Sonya, consoling Uncle Vanya, tired and 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 the evil on earth, all our suffering will drown in mercy, which will fill the whole world, and our life will become quiet, gentle, sweet, like a caress.”
The phrase is usually used humorously and ironically as a symbol of unattainable harmony, peace, happiness, and fulfillment of desires.
Break a leg
This expression was originally used as a “spell” designed to deceive evil spirits. This is how they advised those going hunting; it was believed that by directly wishing good luck one could “jinx” the prey. Rude answer: “To hell with it!” should have further protected the hunter.
No one will embrace the immensity
Aphorism from “Fruits of Thoughts” (1854) by Kozma Prutkov.
Nothing is new [eternal] under the moon
From the poem “Experienced Solomon’s Wisdom, or Selected Thoughts from Ecclesiastes” (1797) by N. M. Karamzin:
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...
In the first line, Karamzin used a popular Latin expression, well known in Russia both in the Russian translation and in the original language: Nil novi sub luna - nothing new under the sun.
Karamzin’s work itself is a poetic imitation of the famous biblical text: “What was, that will be; and what has been done will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. There is something about which they say: “Look, this is new,” but This it was already in the centuries that came before us..."
Nozdrev. Nozdrevshchina
One of the heroes of N.V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842): “Everyone has had to meet a lot of such people. They are called broken little ones... In their faces you can always see something open, direct, and daring. They soon get to know each other, and before you know it, they’re already saying “you.” They will make friendship, it seems, forever; but it almost always happens that the friend will fight with them that same evening at a friendly party. They are always talkers, carousers, reckless people, prominent people... The closer someone got along with him, he was the more likely to make trouble for everyone: he spread a tall tale, more stupid than which it is difficult to invent, upset a wedding, a trade deal, and did not at all consider himself your enemy... Maybe they will call him beaten character, they will say that now Nozdryov is no longer there. Alas! those who speak like this will be unjust. Nozdryov will not leave the world for a long time. He’s everywhere between us and maybe he’s just wearing a different caftan.” His name became synonymous with an empty talker, a gossip, a petty swindler; the word “nozdrevshchina” is synonymous with chatter and boasting.
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Oh my friend, Arkady Nikolaich, don’t speak beautifully
An expression from I. S. Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” (1862): “Look,” Arkady suddenly said, “a dry maple leaf has come off and is falling to the ground; its movements are completely similar to the flight of a butterfly. Isn't it strange? The saddest and deadest is similar to the most cheerful and alive.” - “Oh, my friend, Arkady Nikolaich! - exclaimed Bazarov. “I ask you one thing: don’t speak beautifully.” Bazarov's phrase characterizes excessive eloquence where simplicity and logical sobriety of judgment are required.
Oblomov. Oblomovism
Oblomov - the hero of the novel of the same name (1859) I. A. Goncharova (1812–1891), a landowner living a sleepy, lazy, inactive life, filled with idle dreams. His friend Stolz, a businessman and practitioner, calls this life “Oblomovism.”
The expressions “Oblomov”, “Oblomovshchina”, the popularity of which was greatly promoted by N. A. Dobrolyubov’s article “What is Oblomovshchina?” (1859), have become synonymous with mental laziness, inactivity, and a passive attitude towards life.
Formed
In L. N. Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina” (1875), the valet uses this word to encourage his master, Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky, 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 undoubtedly 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.”
An ordinary story
The title of the novel (1847) by I. A. Goncharov, which shows the life path of an enthusiastic provincial dreamer who turned into a calculating careerist official in St. Petersburg. The expression “ordinary story” characterizes stereotyped everyday or psychological situations.
Window to Europe
An expression from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “The Bronze Horseman” (1834):
The city will be founded here
To spite an arrogant neighbor.
Nature destined us here
Open a window to Europe,
Stand with a firm foot by the sea...
In the first note to the poem, A. S. Pushkin considered it important to respect the copyright for the expression “window to Europe” and wrote: “Algarotti said somewhere: “Petersbourg est la fenetre par laquelle la Russie regarde en Europe,” that is, “Petersburg “This is the window through which Russia looks at Europe.”
Grandmother still has horns and legs
A not entirely accurate quote from a song by an unknown author that has appeared in songbooks since 1855:
Once upon a time there lived a gray goat with my grandmother,
Once upon a time there lived a gray goat with my grandmother,
Fuck! that's how! little gray goat!
Grandma loved the goat very much...
The goat decided to take a walk in the forest...
Gray wolves attacked the goat...
The gray wolves ate the goat...
They left grandma's horns and legs.
Used humorously and ironically about someone who has suffered a severe defeat, failure, etc.
Ostap Bender.
Great schemer
In the satirical novels by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov “The Twelve Chairs” (1928) and “The Golden Calf” (1931), the main character Ostap Bender, a clever swindler who commits a series of fraudulent tricks, is ironically called the Great Schemer. His name and nickname, the Great Schemer, are applied to people of this type.
From Romulus to the present day
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin. It is used ironically as a characteristic of a long story about something started from afar, as well as as a definition of something that has existed for a long time (Romulus is the mythical founder of Rome).
From young nails
The expression is found in many monuments of ancient Russian literature, for example, in the “Epistle of Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Vel. Prince Volodymyr" (XII century): "Cleanse from the young nails" and in "The Tale of Uliyaniya of Murom": "Love God from the young nails." Used to mean: from childhood, from a young age.
My breath stole from my throat with joy
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Crow and the Fox” (1808).
Where are you from, beautiful child?
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s drama “The Mermaid” (1837), with these words the prince addresses the little mermaid.
The popularity of this quote was contributed by the opera by A. S. Dargomyzhsky (1855), written on the plot of Pushkin’s drama. A quote is almost always given ironically, jokingly, as a question to someone who unexpectedly appears.
Shelve
Used in the meaning: to delay the execution of some task for an indefinite time. There are several options for the origin of phraseological units:
- the expression goes back to the times of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, a box for petitions was nailed in front of his palace, these petitions were sorted out by the boyars and clerks, many remained unanswered;
- The most insignificant and unhurried petitions and complaints were put into the long drawer of the desk in the Russian offices.
Fathers and Sons
The title of the novel (1862) by I. S. Turgenev, which became in the 19th century. synonymous with discord between two generations – old and young.
Oh, you are heavy, Monomakh’s hat!
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s tragedy “Boris Godunov” (1831), monologue of Boris. “Monomakh” in Greek means a martial artist; a nickname attached to the names of some Byzantine emperors. In Ancient Rus', this nickname was assigned to the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir (beginning of the 12th century), from whom the Moscow kings traced their origin. Monomakh's cap is the crown with which the Muscovite kings were crowned kings, a symbol of royal power. The above quote characterizes a difficult situation.
Wanderlust
He was overcome with anxiety
Wanderlust
(A very painful property,
Few voluntary cross).
He left his village
Forests and fields solitude...
And he began to wander without a goal.
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Washing the bones
Used to mean: discuss someone in his absence. The expression goes back to a forgotten rite of reburial: three years after death, the deceased was removed from the grave, the bones were cleaned of decay and buried again. This action was accompanied by memories of the deceased, an assessment of his character, deeds and actions.
Pechorin. Pechorinstvo
The main character of the novel “A Hero of Our Time” (1840) by M. Yu. Lermontov is the embodiment of a social type, characteristic, according to the author, of his time, when deep, strong people could not find a worthy way of self-realization for themselves. The critic V. G. Belinsky wrote about this hero of the post-Decembrist timelessness that he was characterized by “a contradiction between the depth of nature and the pitifulness of actions.”
The name Pechorin has become a household name for the Russian romantic hero of the Byronic type, who is characterized by dissatisfaction with life, skepticism, searching for oneself in this life, suffering from misunderstanding on the part of others and at the same time contempt for them. Hence “Pechorinism” - the desire to imitate Pechorin, to be “interesting”, to play the role of a mysterious, fatal personality.
Feast in Time of Plague
The name of the dramatic scenes (1832) by A. S. Pushkin, the basis for which was a scene from the poem “Plague City” by the English poet John Wilson (1816). Used in the meaning: feast, cheerful, carefree life during some public disaster.
The bad soldier is the one who doesn't think of being a general.
In the work of A.F. Pogossky (1816–1874) “Soldier’s Notes” (1855), among the aphorisms modeled on proverbs, there is: “A bad soldier is one who does not think of being a general, and even worse is one who thinks too much that will be with him." In Dahl's dictionary there is a proverb: “A thin soldier who does not hope to be a general” (cf. “Every French soldier carries a marshal’s baton in his knapsack”). It is usually used to encourage, encourage someone in his enterprise, bold plan, idea.
Plyushkin. Plyushkinism
One of the heroes of N.V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842), a miserly landowner whose stinginess reached the point of mania. His name became a household word for people of this type, and the word “Plyushkinism” became a synonym for morbid stinginess.
At the behest of the pike, at my desire [request]
An expression from a Russian folk tale: a wonderful pike, caught by Emelya, was released by him, for this she made it so that any of his wishes were fulfilled, he only had to say: “By the pike’s command, according to my desire, let this and that be.” -That". Used in the meaning: miraculously, as if by itself.
Success is never blamed
These words are attributed to Catherine II (1729–1796), who allegedly expressed herself this way when A.V. Suvorov was put on trial by military court for the assault on Turtukai in 1773, which he undertook against the orders of Field Marshal Rumyantsev.
However, the story about Suvorov’s arbitrary actions and about his being put on trial is refuted by serious researchers and belongs to the realm of anecdotes.
Verify harmony with algebra
An expression from A. S. Pushkin’s tragedy “Mozart and Salieri” (1832), from Salieri’s monologue:
Craft
I set the foundation for art:
I became a craftsman: fingers
Gave obedient, dry fluency
And loyalty to the ear. Killing the sounds
I tore apart the music like a corpse.
I trusted harmony with algebra.
Then he already dared, experienced in science,
Indulge in the bliss of a creative dream.
Used ironically to refer to the hopeless attempt to judge artistic creativity based only on rationality, to the exclusion of feelings.
The Insidious Truth
Used to mean: the true essence of something. One of the types of torture in Ancient Rus' was that needles, nails or wooden wedges were driven under the fingernails of the interrogated person in order to force him to tell the whole truth. The expression “find out all the ins and outs” is also connected with this.
Wait a bit,
You too will have a rest
Quote from M. Yu. Lermontov’s poem “From Goethe” (1840):
Mountain peaks
They sleep in the darkness of the night;
Quiet Valleys
Full of fresh darkness;
The road is not dusty,
The sheets don't tremble...
Wait a bit,
You too will have a rest.
Signed, off your shoulders
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824). Famusov, in response to the words of his secretary Molchalin that he had brought business papers that required many certificates, says:
I'm afraid, sir, I'm mortally alone,
So that a multitude of them do not accumulate;
If you had given it free rein, it would have settled;
And what matters to me, what doesn’t matter,
My custom is this:
Signed, off your shoulders.
This expression is applied to people who have a superficial, formal attitude to the matter.
After the rain on Thursday
It is believed that this expression is due to the fact that in the old days Thursday was dedicated to Perun, the god of thunder and lightning. Prayers were offered to him for rain, especially during drought. People believed that he should most willingly fulfill requests on “his” day, Thursday. And since these requests often remained unfulfilled, Christians began to be quite skeptical about this deity and, convinced of the futility of such prayers, expressed with this phrase their complete distrust of the god Perun. The expression “after the rain on Thursday” began to be applied to everything unrealizable, to what is unknown when it will come true.
Confound
Used to mean: to confuse, to put in a difficult position. A dead end is still called a “blunt” street, that is, a street or alley that does not have a through passage or passage. In village usage, a dead end meant a corner on the street formed by two wicker fences - wattle fences. Thus, a dead end is something like a trap, making it impossible to either pass or drive forward.
Despicable metal
This expression was widely popularized by I. A. Goncharov’s novel “An Ordinary Story” (1847): “You have an uncle and a friend - do you hear? and if you need service, occupations and despicable metal, feel free to turn to me: you will always find one, and the other, and the third.”
However, the expression was in circulation even before Goncharov’s novel. For example, it is found in “Workshop and Living Room” (1842) by P. Furman and in “Travel Notes of the City of Vedrin” (1843) by A. I. Herzen. Used to mean: money.
Under Tsar Gorokh
An expression used to mean: a very long time ago, in ancient times, “when King Pea fought with mushrooms.”
This habit has been given to us from above:
She is a replacement for happiness
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin.
Come to the header analysis
It means arriving somewhere too late, when everything is already over. According to ancient Russian custom, when entering a room or church, men took off their hats and folded them at the entrance. Every meeting and gathering ended with a sorting of hats. The latecomer came to the dismantling of hats, that is, to the end.
Those who sat down for a meeting
An expression from a poem by V.V. Mayakovsky (1893–1930) entitled “Our Life. For those who have been sitting" (1922). Allegorically about those who like to organize long and unhelpful meetings, conferences, etc.
Delay is like death
In 1711, before the Prut 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 with the necessary orders, “before missing time is like dying irrevocably.” S. M. Solovyov in “History of Russia since ancient times” (1851 –1879), quoting the letter of Peter I dated April 8 1711 G., according to the original, quotes his words in the edition: “Before missing the time of death is like irrevocable death.” The words of Peter I gained popularity in a more concise form: “Delay is like death.”
Bird three
An expression from N. V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842): “Oh, three! bird three, who invented you? to know, you could only have been born among a lively people, in that land that does not like to joke, but has spread out evenly across half the world, and go ahead and count the miles until it hits your eyes. And not a cunning, it seems, road projectile, not grabbed by an iron screw, but hastily equipped and assembled alive by an efficient Yaroslavl man with only an ax and a chisel. The driver is not wearing German boots: he has a beard and mittens, and sits on God knows what; and he stood up and swung, and began to sing - the horses like a whirlwind, the spokes in the wheels mixed into one smooth circle, only the road trembled, and a pedestrian who stopped screamed in fear - and there she rushed, rushed, rushed!.. And you can already see in the distance how something is gathering dust and drilling into the air. Is it not so for you, Rus', that you are rushing along like a brisk, unstoppable troika? The road beneath you smokes, the bridges rattle, everything falls behind and is left behind. The contemplator, amazed by God's miracle, stopped: was this lightning thrown from the sky? What does this terrifying movement mean? and what kind of unknown power is contained in these horses, unknown to the light? Oh, horses, horses, what kind of horses! Are there whirlwinds in your manes? Is there a sensitive ear burning in every vein of yours? They heard a familiar song from above, together and at once tensed their copper breasts and, almost without touching the ground with their hooves, turned into just elongated lines flying through the air, and all inspired by God rushes!.. Rus', where are you rushing? Give an answer. Doesn't give an answer. The bell rings with a wonderful ringing; The air, torn into pieces, thunders and becomes the wind; everything that is on earth flies past, and, looking askance, other peoples and states step aside and give way to it!”
bird tongue
This is how the professor of astronomy at Moscow University D. M. Perevoshchikov (1788–1880) called the scientific and philosophical language of the 1820–1840s, overloaded with terms and formulations that obscure the meaning.
Allegorically: incomprehensible professional jargon, inappropriate in everyday speech, as well as abstruse, artificial, broken language, alien to the rules and norms of the Russian language.
The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is great
Words of the great Russian commander A.V. Suvorov (1730–1800) from the manual for combat training of troops, “The Science of Victory,” written by him in 1796.
Pull the wool over someone's eyes
The expression appeared in the 16th century. Nowadays it is used to mean “to create a false impression of one’s capabilities.” However, the original meaning is different: during fist fights, dishonest fighters took with them bags of sand, which they threw in the eyes of their opponents. In 1726, this technique was prohibited by a special decree.
Go all out
Large bells in Ancient Rus' were called “heavy”. The expression “strike all the bells” meant: ring all the bells at once. This is where the popular expression “go to all kinds of troubles” arose, which is used to mean: to go astray from the correct path in life, to begin to uncontrollably indulge in fun, extravagance, and revelry.
There is another version, which claims that “to go all out” meant “to start a lawsuit, a lawsuit; sue someone."
Let the storm blow harder!
Quote from “Song of the Petrel” (1901) by M. Gorky. Allegorically about the desire for cleansing shocks and changes.
A start to life
Title of the film based on the script (1931) by N. Eck (1902–1976) and A. Stolper (1907–1979). The plot of the film is about former street children, and now residents of a children's labor commune, thanks to skillful educators, finding their way in life and becoming worthy members of society.
Allegorically about something that gives a person reason to hope that an eventful, interesting, organized life awaits him ahead.
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Broken Trough
From “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” (1835) by A. S. Pushkin. The expression is used to mean: loss of a brilliant position, broken hopes.
Cut like a nut
The meaning of “to scold, criticize” arose in this phrase on the basis of the older one - “to do (something) very thoroughly and well.” In its original meaning, the expression appeared in the professional speech of carpenters and cabinetmakers and was due to the fact that making walnut furniture from other types of wood required a lot of work and good knowledge of the business.
Get itchy, shoulder!
Swing your hand!
Quote from A. V. Koltsov’s poem “Mower” (1835):
Get itchy, shoulder!
Swing your hand!..
Buzz, scythe,
Like a swarm of bees!
Moloney, braid,
Sparkle all around!
Make some noise, grass,
Podkoshonnaya…
Ironically about the desire to “cut from the shoulder”, to act imprudently, rashly.
Despite reason, despite the elements
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Chatsky.
Used to mean: contrary to common sense.
Spread your thoughts across the tree
An expression from “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign,” a monument of Russian literature of the 12th century, first published in 1800: “The prophetic Boyan, if anyone wants to create a song, his thoughts spread across the tree, like a gray fork along the ground, like a crazy eagle under the clouds.” , i.e.: “After all, the prophetic Boyan, if he wanted to compose a song for someone, then his thoughts spread across the tree, like a gray wolf along the ground, like a gray eagle under the clouds.” The expression “thought spread over the tree” received various interpretations among commentators of the Lay. Some consider the word “thought” to be inconsistent with the other two members of the comparison - “a trooper on the ground”, “a crazy eagle under the clouds” - proposing to read “mysiya”, explaining “mys” with the Pskov pronunciation of the word “mouse”; in the Pskov province, even in the 19th century, a squirrel was called a cape. Others do not consider such a replacement necessary, “not seeing the need to bring the symmetry of comparison to the utmost precision.”
Commentators explain the word “tree” as an allegorical tree of wisdom and inspiration: “to spread thoughts along the tree” - to create songs, inspired poetic creations. However, the poetic image of the “Word” of “spreading thoughts along the tree” entered literary speech with a completely different meaning: to go into unnecessary details, distracting from the main idea.
Born to crawl cannot fly
Quote from “Song of the Falcon” by M. Gorky. The final maxim in the fable of I. I. Khemnitser (1745–1784) “The Man and the Cow” coincides with this poetic formula of Gorky. The fable tells how a man, having lost his horse, saddled a cow, which “fell under the rider... no wonder: the cow did not learn to gallop... And therefore it should know: whoever was born to crawl cannot fly.”
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 a judge in 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 well,
- No, Kumushka; I have often seen
That your stigma is covered in fluff.
The expression is used to mean: to be involved in something criminal, unseemly.
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From the ship to the ball
An expression from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin:
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 situations and 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!
The meaning of the expression: the main thing in family happiness is not special everyday comfort, but love, mutual understanding, agreement with your loved one.
With the learned air of a connoisseur
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin:
He had a lucky talent
No coercion in conversation
Touch everything lightly
With the learned air of a connoisseur
To remain silent in an important dispute...
With feeling, with sense, with arrangement
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824):
Don't read like a sexton
And with feeling, with sense, with arrangement.
The legend is fresh, but hard to believe
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824):
How to compare and see
The present century and the past:
The legend is fresh, but hard to believe.
Northern Palmyra
Palmyra is a city in Syria that arose in the 1st millennium BC. e. In ancient times it was famous for the splendor of its buildings. Northern Palmyra is the figurative name of St. Petersburg.
Homemade truth
An expression by Ostap Bender, the main character of the novel by I. Ilf and E. Petrov “The Golden Calf” (1931), used by him to mean: deep folk wisdom (homespun - dressed in homespun, peasant clothes made of coarse undyed homespun cloth).
There is no stronger beast than a cat
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Mouse and the Rat” (1816).
- Neighbor, have you heard a good rumor? –
Running in, the Rat Mouse said:
After all, the cat, they say, fell into the claws of a lion?
Now it’s time for us to relax!
Do not rejoice, my light, -
The Rat says in response to her: -
And don’t hope in vain!
If it reaches their claws,
That is true, the lion will not be alive:
There is no stronger beast than a cat!”
Megillah
The expression arose from a “boring” fairy tale, which is used to tease children who pester them with a request to tell them a fairy tale: “Shall I tell you a fairy tale about a white bull? - Tell. - You tell me, and I’ll tell you, and should I tell you a fairy tale about a white bull? - Tell. - You tell me, and I’ll tell you, how long it will take us, and how long it will last! Should I tell you a fairy tale about a white bull? etc., until one gets tired of asking and the other of answering. The expression is used to mean: endless repetition of the same thing.
Skalozub
The protagonist of A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), a colonel, a representative of the rude army of Tsarist Russia, an ignorant and self-satisfied careerist. His name became synonymous with a rude ignoramus, a martinet.
Scandal in a noble family
Under this name, an anonymous vaudeville was staged in Moscow in 1874, the plot of which was borrowed from the German comedy “Der liebe Onkel” (“Moskovskie Vedomosti”, October 1. 1874 G.). Vaudeville was published, also anonymously, in 1875 in St. Petersburg. The author of Russian vaudeville, and therefore the expression “scandal in a noble family,” is N. I. Kulikov (1815–1891). This vaudeville remained in the theatrical repertoire for a long time, and its name became a catchphrase.
Skotinin
The protagonist of D. I. Fonvizin’s comedy “The Minor” (1782), a type of ignorant and rude landowner-serf, whose surname characterizes his bestial nature. His name became a household name for people of this type.
Stingy Knight
The hero of the drama of the same name (1836) by A. S. Pushkin, a synonym for a miser, a miser.
They won’t say a word in simplicity, everything is with an antics
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Famusov.
You can't spot the elephant
The expression arose from the fable “The Curious” (1814) by I. A. Krylov. A visitor to the Kunstkamera saw small insects there, but when asked: “Did you see an elephant?” - answers: “I didn’t even notice the elephant.” The expression “not noticing the elephant” is used to mean: not noticing the most important, important thing.
I'd be happy to serve, but being served is sickening
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), the words of Chatsky, who, in response to Famusov’s offer to go to serve, thus defines his attitude towards the service.
It's really not a sin to laugh
Above everything that seems funny
Quote from N. M. Karamzin’s poem “Message to Alexander Alekseevich Pleshcheev” (1796):
Who calls on the muses out of boredom?
And gentle graces, their companions;
Amuses me with poetry and prose
Yourself, family and strangers;
Laughs from the heart
(It’s really not a sin to laugh!)
Above everything that seems funny -
He will get along with the world in peace
And he will not end his days
With sharp iron or poison...
Look at the root!
Aphorism (1854) by Kozma Prutkov.
Sobakevich
One of the heroes of N.V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842), a type of rude landowner.
His name became synonymous with money-grubbing, a rude person who is unkind to everyone, as well as a retrograde person.
The sun of Russian poetry
A figurative definition of the meaning of the great Russian poet A. S. Pushkin. This expression is from a short notice of the poet’s death, published on January 30, 1837 in No. 5 of “Literary Additions” to “Russian Invalid”: “The sun of our poetry has set! Pushkin died, died in the prime of his life, in the midst of his great career!.. We have no strength to talk about this anymore, and there is no need: every Russian heart knows the full price of this irretrievable loss, and every Russian heart will be torn to pieces. Pushkin! our poet! our joy, our national glory!.. Is it really true that we no longer have Pushkin! You can’t get used to this thought! January 29th 2:45 pm.” The author of this notice was considered to be journalist A. A. Kraevsky, editor of Literary Additions. However, from S.N. Karamzina’s letter to her brother it is clear that in fact the author of this notice is V.F. Odoevsky.
Broke!
The expression became popular after the production (1855) of the comedy by A. V. Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817–1903) “Krechinsky’s Wedding.” This is how the hero of the comedy Krechinsky exclaims when all the frauds he cunningly invented failed and the police came to arrest him.
Sleeveless (work)
This is what they say about carelessly, lazily, haphazardly performed work. In Ancient Rus' they wore outerwear with exorbitantly long sleeves, the unrolled ends of which fell to the knees, or even to the ground. Naturally, without lifting up such sleeves, there was no point in thinking about work. Close to this expression is the second, opposite in meaning and born later: “Work with your sleeves rolled up,” that is, decisively, ardently, with zeal.
Tearing off all kinds of masks
From the article “Leo Tolstoy, as a mirror of the Russian revolution” (1908) by V. I. Lenin. Revealing the “screaming contradictions” in Tolstoy’s work, he wrote: “On the one hand, the most sober realism, tearing off all kinds of masks; on the other hand, the preaching of one of the most vile things in the world, namely: religion, the desire to put in place priests by official position, priests by moral conviction, i.e., the cultivation of the most refined and therefore especially disgusting priesthood.”
Allegorically: accusatory sentiments and corresponding actions.
Picking flowers of pleasure
An expression from N. V. Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General” (1836), words by Khlestakov: “I love to eat. After all, you live to pick flowers of pleasure.” Used to mean: selfishly, carelessly enjoy the pleasures of life, without thinking about your family or social duty.
Stand before me like a leaf before the grass!
An expression from a Russian folk tale. Ivanushka the Fool calls on his magic horse with a spell: “Sivka-Burka, prophetic Kaurko, stand in front of me like a leaf in front of the grass.” The expression is used to mean: appear instantly!
Concealed
The word was introduced into literary speech by F. M. Dostoevsky. It first appeared in his story “The Double” in 1843, used in the meaning of “to fall silent, to wilt, to hide unnoticed, to hide furtively.”
Fate plays with man
A phrase from the song “The Moscow fire was noisy, the fire was burning,” which is an adaptation of the poem “He” (i.e. Napoleon) by N. S. Sokolov (1850).
Happy is he who has visited this world
In fatal moments
Quote from the poem by F. I. Tyutchev (1803–1873) “Cicero” (1836). In ed. "Tyutchev. Lyrics" (1965): "Blessed is he who visited..."
Happy hours don't watch
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824). This expression can be associated with the words from the drama “Piccolomini” (1800) by Schiller: “Die Uhr schlagt keinem Gliicklihen” (“The clock does not strike for a happy person”).
Sons of Lieutenant Schmidt
The first two chapters of the satirical novel “The Golden Calf” by I. Ilf and E. Petrov (1931) tell about clever swindlers who extract various benefits by posing as the sons of Lieutenant Schmidt, the leader of the revolutionary uprising of sailors in Sevastopol in 1905, who was shot by the verdict of the royal court. The name “sons of Lieutenant Schmidt,” which has become popular, is applied to rogues of this type.
The fuss flared up
The expression “the damp forest caught fire” comes from the proverb “The damp forest caught fire because of a pine tree,” which means that big trouble can arise from a mere trifle.
A plot worthy of Aivazovsky's brush
Quote from A.P. Chekhov’s play “Uncle Vanya” (1897). Telegin pronounces this phrase. In response to the words of the old nanny about Voinitsky’s quarrel with Serebryakov: “Just now they made a noise, there was gunfire - it’s a disgrace,” he remarks: “Yes, a plot worthy of Aivazovsky’s brush.” Before Chekhov, this expression was already found in journalism of the 1860s and 1870s, and in a slightly different form - “worthy of someone’s brush” - it was in use before; for example, in Pushkin, in a note in “Lit. gaz.”, 1830, we read: “The image of Sorvantsov [in “A Conversation with Princess Khaldina” by Fonvizin] is worthy of the brush that painted the Prostakov family.”
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Table of ranks
This is the name of the list of ranks of the military, civil and court departments established by the law of Peter I (1722) on the procedure for public service in Russia. Allegorically: a comparative assessment of merit in a certain field of professional activity.
So he wrote darkly and languidly
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” by A. S. Pushkin (1828), characteristics of the poems by Vladimir Lensky:
So he wrote darkly and languidly,
(What we call romanticism,
Although there is no romanticism here
I don't see...)
Theater begins with a hanger
An aphorism by one of the founders of the Moscow Art Theater K. S. Stanislavsky (1863–1938). There is no such aphorism in his writings, but oral rumor attributes it to him. A phrase close in thought to this aphorism is found in a letter from K. S. Stanislavsky to the Moscow Art Theater cloakroom workshop dated January 23, 1933. Replying “to a greeting on the day of his seventieth birthday, he wrote: “Our Art Theater differs from many other theaters in that In it, the performance begins from the moment you enter the theater building. You are the first to greet the arriving spectators..."
Dark Kingdom
This is the title of an article (1859) by N. A. Dobrolyubov, dedicated to the analysis of A. N. Ostrovsky’s plays. Speaking about the various types of merchant tyranny depicted by Ostrovsky, Dobrolyubov made a generalization and showed the life of feudal Russia as a “dark kingdom,” “a stinking dungeon,” “a world of dull aching pain, a world of prison, deathly silence.” “Nothing sacred, nothing pure, nothing right in this dark world: the tyranny that dominates it, wild, insane, wrong, has driven away all consciousness of honor and right... And they cannot exist where human dignity has been thrown into dust and brazenly trampled by tyrants, personal freedom, faith in love and happiness and the sanctity of honest work.” The expression “dark kingdom,” after the appearance of Dobrolyubov’s article, began to mean not only the world of tyrant merchants or a dark and inert environment in general, but became a symbol of autocratic-serf Russia (see A ray of light in the dark kingdom).
Timurovets
The hero of the story by Arkady Gaidar (pseudonym of A.P. Golikov, 1904–1941) “Timur and his team” (1940), the pioneer Timur decides, together with the team of his peers assembled by him, to take care of the families of soldiers who went to the Red Army. The story of Gaidar, who managed to see the extraordinary in everyday life, gave rise to a social movement of Timurites among schoolchildren, who in their behavior emulate the brave, active, honest and generous Timur. The hero of the story became a model for numerous young patriots who helped the Motherland during the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War.
Peck on the tongue
Pip is a small horny tubercle on the tip of a bird's tongue that helps them peck food. The growth of this tubercle may be a sign of illness. Painful, hard pimples can also appear on a person's tongue; They were also called tipuns and considered a sign of deceit. From these observations and superstitions an incantatory formula was born: “Tip on your tongue!” Its main meaning was: “You are a liar: let a pip appear on your tongue!” Now the meaning of this spell has changed somewhat. “Tip your tongue!” - an ironic wish to the one who expressed an unkind thought, predicted something unpleasant.
The darkness of low truths is dearer to me
The deception that exalts us
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Hero” (1831).
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In the middle of nowhere
The expression means: very far away, somewhere in the wilderness. Kulichki is a modified dialect word kulizhki (from kulig) meaning “forest clearings; places burned, cut down and adapted for cultivation, as well as islands in the swamp.” Kulizhki were, as a rule, far from villages and villages, hence the meaning of the expression: “in the middle of nowhere” - very far, no one knows where.
Terrible century, terrible hearts
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s drama “The Miserly Knight” (1836). Sometimes it is quoted inaccurately: instead of “terrible” - “iron”.
Mind, honor and conscience of our era
From the article “Political Blackmail” (1917) by V.I. Lenin, in which he characterizes his party (the Bolsheviks) this way. Speaking against the Russian press of a different, non-Bolshevik orientation, calling its journalists “blackmailers” and “slanderers,” V. I. Lenin wrote: “We will be steadfast in branding blackmailers. We will be adamant in examining the slightest doubts in the court of class-conscious workers, in the court of our party; we believe in it, in it we see the mind, honor and conscience of our era...”
Quoted ironically about a party that claims leadership, special moral qualities, special knowledge.
Uma ward
The word “chamber” in Old Russian meant a large room in a stone building. Then it began to be applied to various institutions located in such vast buildings: the Armory Chamber, the Chamber of Facets... All sorts of meetings usually took place in the chambers, the boyars “thought about the sovereign’s Duma” in them. This is where the expression “mind chamber” arose, depicting a person equal in intelligence to a whole collection of sages. Later, however, it acquired an ironic meaning: now they say this more often about fools than about smart people.
Moderation and accuracy
With these words in A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), Molchalin defines his two virtues.
Humiliated and insulted
The title of the novel (1861) by F. M. Dostoevsky. The expression is used as a description of people who suffer from the arbitrariness of officials, the powerful, from difficult living conditions, etc.
A helpful fool is more dangerous than an enemy
An expression from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Hermit and the Bear” (1808):
Although the service is dear to us in need,
But not everyone knows how to tackle it:
God forbid you contact a fool!
A helpful fool is more dangerous than an enemy.
Study, study and study
A slogan that arose from V. I. Lenin’s article “Less is better” (1923): “We must at all costs set ourselves the task of updating our state apparatus: firstly, to study, secondly, to study and thirdly, to study and then make sure that science in our country does not remain a dead letter or a fashionable phrase (and this, to be honest, happens especially often in our country), so that science really enters into flesh and blood, turns into an integral element of everyday life completely and truly."
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Famusov
The protagonist of A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), an important Moscow gentleman holding the post of “manager in a government place,” a bureaucrat-careerist, obsequious to those above him and arrogant towards his subordinates. Some commentators explained his surname as derived from the Latin word fama (rumor); others explain its origin from the English word famous (famous, famous). This name has become a household name for people of this type.
Physicists and lyricists
An expression contrasting the importance of physicists-scientists working in the field of exact sciences with the importance of poets arose from the so-titled poem by B. Slutsky, published in the Literary Gazette on October 13, 1959.
Filka's certificate
The author of this expression is considered to be Tsar Ivan IV, popularly nicknamed the Terrible for his mass executions and murders. To strengthen his power, Ivan the Terrible introduced oprichnina, which terrified all of Rus'. In this regard, Moscow Metropolitan Philip, in his numerous messages to the Tsar - letters - sought to convince Grozny to dissolve the oprichnina. Grozny contemptuously called the obstinate Metropolitan Filka, and his letters - Filka letters. For his bold denunciations of Ivan the Terrible and his guardsmen, Metropolitan Philip was imprisoned in the Tverskoy Monastery, where he was strangled by Malyuta Skuratov. The expression “filkina’s letter” has taken root among the people. At first they simply talked about documents that had no legal force. And now it also means “ignorant, poorly drafted document.”
Frenchman from Bordeaux
An expression from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Chatsky:
In that room there is an insignificant meeting:
The Frenchman from Bordeaux, pushing his chest,
Gathered around him a kind of evening
And he told how he was preparing for the journey
To Russia, to the barbarians, with fear and tears...
Used ironically to address some arrogant, boastful foreigners.
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Khlestakov, Khlestakovism
The hero of N. V. Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General” (1836) is a liar and a braggart. His name became a household name; “Khlestakovism”, “Khlestakovism” is a shameless, boastful lie.
Walking through torments [ordeals]
The expression goes back to the ancient Christian belief in the souls of dead sinners going through torments, or “ordeals,” for forty days, when demons subject them to all sorts of tortures.
In the Soviet press this expression became especially popular after the appearance of A. N. Tolstoy’s (1882/83-1945) trilogy “Walking through Torment” (1920–1941) from the era of the Civil War, which tells about the painful ideological quest of its heroes and the difficult trials that befell them. Denotes difficult, varied life trials that befell someone one after another.
Economic man
The title of an essay by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin from the series “Little Things in Life” (1886). In the person of the “economic peasant,” Saltykov depicts the type of “honest,” “reasonable” middle peasant whose only goal in life is to create personal prosperity.
Although the eye can see, the tooth is numb
Quote from I. A. Krylov’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes” (1808). Already in the middle of the 19th century. this expression was considered a folk proverb and was included in collections of Russian folklore.
At least there's a stake on your head
This is what they say about a stubborn, unpersuasible or indifferent person. To cut a stake means to sharpen a stick (stake) with an axe. The hardness and strength of the head of a stubborn person is emphasized.
Textbook gloss
An expression from V. V. Mayakovsky’s poem “Anniversary” (1924), written for the 125th anniversary of Pushkin’s birth; in this poem, addressing Pushkin, the poet says:
I love you, but alive, not a mummy,
They brought a textbook gloss.
In my opinion, during your lifetime, I think, you also raged.
African!
This expression characterizes the “varnishing” of reality, its embellished image.
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Princess Nesmeyana
In a Russian folk tale, Princess Nesmeyana is the royal daughter who “never smiled, never laughed, as if her heart was not happy about anything.” This is figuratively called a quiet person, a shy person.
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What do you want?
This is how M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin named the newspaper “New Time”, which became famous in the 70s and 80s of the 19th century. with its political corruption, unprincipledness and adaptability to the political elite (articles “In an environment of moderation and accuracy”, “The Silent Lord”, “All year round”, etc.). This is a common phrase with which lackeys addressed their masters when awaiting orders.
Man in a case
Title of the story (1898) by A.P. Chekhov.
The main character is the provincial teacher Belikov, who is afraid of any innovations, actions not permitted by the “boss,” as well as reality in general. Hence his favorite expression: “No matter what happens...”. And, as the author writes, Belikov “had a constant and irresistible desire to surround himself with a shell, to create for himself, so to speak, a case that would seclude him and protect him from external influences.”
The author himself began to use this expression as a common noun. In a letter to his sister M.P. Chekhova, he wrote (November 19, 1899): “The November winds are blowing furiously, whistling, tearing roofs. I sleep in a hat, in shoes, under two blankets, with the shutters closed - a man in a case.”
Playfully and ironically: a person who is afraid of bad weather, drafts, unpleasant external influences.
Man - that sounds proud
An expression from M. Gorky’s play “At the Lower Depths” (1902), Satin’s words: “Man! It's great! It sounds... proud! Human! You have to respect the person."
The darker the night, the brighter the stars
Quote from a poem by A. N. Maykov (1821–1897), from a cycle of the 80s of the 19th century. "From Apollodorus the Gnostic":
Don't say there is no salvation
Why are you exhausted in sorrow:
The darker the night, the brighter the stars...
Why are you laughing?
You're laughing at yourself!
Quote from N.V. Gogol’s comedy “The Inspector General” (1836), the words of the Mayor: “Look... look how the mayor is fooled... Not only will you become a laughing stock, but there will be a clicker, a paper maker, who will insert you into the comedy. That's what's offensive! Rank and title will not be spared, and everyone will bare their teeth and clap their hands. Why are you laughing? You’re laughing at yourself!”
Chichikov
The hero of N. V. Gogol’s poem “Dead Souls” (1842), a nosy careerist, sycophant, swindler and money-grubber, outwardly “pleasant”, “decent and worthy person”. His name has become a household name for people of this type.
Reading is the best learning
What to do?
The title of the socio-political novel (1863) by N. G. Chernyshevsky (1828–1889). The novel treats the problems of socialism, the emancipation of women, identifies types of “new people” - revolutionary leaders, and expresses the dream of a happy life in a communist society.
What does the coming day have in store for me?
Quote from the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin” (1831) by A. S. Pushkin. This phrase gained wide popularity thanks to P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera (1878) - Lensky’s aria (“Where, where have you gone, the golden days of my spring...”).
What kind of commission, creator,
To be a father to an adult daughter!
Quote from A. S. Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Famusov. (The word “commission” here means: troubles, difficulties.)
What we have, we don’t keep, having lost it, we cry
An aphorism from “The Fruits of Thoughts” (1854) by Kozma Prutkov, who repeated the name of the vaudeville (1844) by S. Solovyov.
Whatever happens will be nice
Quote from the poem by A. S. Pushkin “If life deceives you” (1825).
What is good and what is bad
The title of a poem for children (1925) by V. V. Mayakovsky.
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Walked into a room, ended up in another
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824); Famusov, finding Molchalin near Sophia’s room, angrily asks him: “You are here, sir, why?” Sophia, justifying Molchalin’s presence, says to Famusov:
I can’t explain your anger in any way.
He lives in the house here, what a great misfortune!
I walked into the room and ended up in another.
Shemyakin court
The expression is used in the meaning: wrong, unfair trial; arose from an old Russian satirical story about the Shemyakina court, which exposed the arbitrariness and selfishness of the feudal court. This story, dedicated to the personality of Prince Dmitry Shemyaka (died in 1453), enjoyed wide popularity; it is preserved in many manuscripts of the 17th and 18th centuries. and served as a subject for popular prints and books.
Inside out
Used to mean: quite the opposite, inside out. “Shivorot” in Muscovite Rus' was the name given to the embroidered collar of boyar clothing, one of the signs of a nobleman’s dignity. In the days of Ivan the Terrible, a boyar who had been subjected to royal wrath and disgrace was often seated on a skinny nag with his back forward, and his clothes were also put on him inside out, topsy-turvy, that is, vice versa. In this form, the disgraced boyar was taken throughout the city, to the whistling and hooting of the street crowd. Now these words are also often used in connection with clothing, meaning to put something on inside out, but their meaning has become much broader. Topsy-turvy, that is, not at all like that, on the contrary, you can tell some story and generally act contrary to generally accepted rules.
My native country is wide
The first line of the chorus of “Songs about the Motherland” from the film “Circus” (1936), words by V. I. Lebedev-Kumach, music by I. O. Dunaevsky.
Let's make noise, brother, make noise
Quote from A. S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” (1824), words by Repetilov.
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I don't know any other country like this
Where a person breathes so freely
Lines from the chorus of “Songs about the Motherland” from the film “Circus” (1936), text by V. I. Lebedev-Kumach, music by I. O. Dunaevsky.
I'm going, I'm going, I'm not whistling,
And when I get there, I won’t let you down
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” (1820), canto III.
I erected a monument to myself, not made by hands,
The folk path to it will not be overgrown
Quote from A. S. Pushkin’s poem “Monument” (1836). The poem goes back to the ode of the Roman poet Horace, from which Pushkin took the epigraph: “Exegi monumentum” (“I erected a monument”). From Pushkin’s poem the expression “monument not made by hands” arose, used to mean: a grateful memory of someone’s deeds.
I am a king - I am a slave, I am a worm – I'm God
Quote from G. R. Derzhavin’s ode “God”, (1784).
The language of native aspens
An expression from an epigram (1884) by I. S. Turgenev to N. X. Ketcher (1809–1886), a translator of Shakespeare, whose 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.
The expression is used ironically to refer to clumsy translations from foreign languages into Russian.
Quotes from great people about life are not just clever phrases, they are a treasure that cannot be bought even for a million. Their value in a person’s life can be compared to the support and help of a best friend.
Probably everyone has had a case when an apt saying of great philosophers, scientists, and writers helped them take a step towards their dream. What is his strength? This is the best that has been accumulated for centuries, collected bit by bit, sifted out and came to us in perfect form.
Aphorisms of great people are our true friends in complex issues and the key to answers at the crossroads.
Sometimes there are moments when you are overcome by difficulties and doubts, and you really want to hear the advice of your elders, since their wise quotes are considered a reliable fact. The statements of great people about happiness and peace on earth are not just short pathetic phrases written to gain universal fame.
This is an authoritative expression that is perceived as truth. Reading them you understand: everything is possible in life, the main thing is not to give up and go towards your dream. They motivate perfectly, make you believe in yourself, and give you strength.
By taking one of the wise sayings of great people as a status note, you can gradually turn it into a life credo and act according to its position. And then everything will turn out as the famous philosopher Omar Khayyam prophesied, it will become accessible as the poet Paulo Coelho promised, and what the preacher Osho said will come true.
Conducting a conversation with people who subtly and aptly quote many sayings of great people about friendship, peace, good and evil, we immediately feel sympathy and respect for them. And if we ourselves, like them, know how to select and beautifully use quotes and aphorisms in life, then naturally we also deserve trust from our interlocutors.
By reading great phrases and being able to apply them well, we assert ourselves and increase our self-esteem. And this is important in order to always be confident, joyful and live happily. The more great quotes about life we find in our speech, the closer we bring ourselves to perfection.
Thanks to the statements of great people about life, we learn the basics of wisdom. They teach us to always move forward, they claim that the key to joy is in our hands, we are the masters of fate and no obstacles should interfere with us if we really want something.
The best quotes from great people have been collected for more than one century, they were written by people living in different eras, but any saying carries the idea that a person is the creator of his own future.
Most of all, women love the aphorisms of great writers and poets. Among them are quite a few who, in any life situation, be it joy or sadness, try to find comparisons in quotes about love, friendship, and the meaning of life.
Of course, the statements of great women in this case are much closer to them than quotes from great people about happiness and love written by men. They adore Faina Ranesvkaya with her harshness, causticity and sarcasm, and enjoy reading the eccentric and self-confident Coco Chanel. They are delighted by the lyricism and beauty that permeates the meaningful quotes from the famous Tsvetaeva and Akhmatova.
Quotes from great people about friendship, love and other important human feelings will never lose their relevance. And in thousands of years they will be in demand just as they are now. By getting to know them, selecting the best ones for ourselves, pronouncing them day after day as a conviction, we ourselves unwittingly bring ourselves closer to the fame that our teachers enjoyed.
After all, all quotes with meaning from great people about life came from the pens of famous scientists, writers, poets, actors, and critics who have become legends. And since they claim that “everything in this world is within our control,” all we have to do is agree with them, take it for granted and rejoice at the results achieved.
We invite you to read quotes about life. Here are collected phrases, aphorisms, quotes about the lives of great people and ordinary people. Among the quotes about life there are quotes with deep meaning, sad, funny (funny), beautiful, relating to many aspects of life. Not all quotes have known authors. Some quotes are short and concise, others are long and extensive. Alone thoughts, sayings from the books of great people, from books that we read, others from Internet sources (statuses, articles), so a fairly significant collection of aphorisms about life gradually accumulated. We think that many people have such their own collections. And this is our collection of quotes and aphorisms that we like. Perhaps you will like some of them too. There are also famous phrases about life and modern sayings from life. "Life is beautiful" in prose. Wisdom of life, quotes from great people about life with meaning.
If you are looking for quotes about the lives of great people, thoughts of great people about life that are inspiring, motivating, interesting, or you need optimistic aphorisms with meaning, short and funny for status on social networks, or cool sayings about life... there is everything, quotes about life for everyone cases from great and not at all great, ordinary people.
Read them when you feel lonely, sad, heavy at heart, when you need support, help - wise quotes from great people remind you that our lives still depend only on us. Never give up and never let others give up on you.
We often lack time, but perhaps more than courage. And gradually the daily routine, like sand, slowly falls asleep on us, and under their weight we cannot raise our arms.
Sometimes some event literally paralyzes us and deprives us of strength.
It would seem that in order to get up and move on, you need very little - but we don’t have that “little” right now. We all have such moments, and therefore we share with you important and necessary words that will help us all move on. Quotes on the topic "Life as it is."
Aphorisms and quotes from great and ordinary people about life
♦ “People always blame the force of circumstances. I don’t believe in the force of circumstances. In this world, only those who look for the conditions they need and, if they don’t find them, create them themselves” succeed.Bernard Show
♦ We are like stars. Sometimes something tears us apart, and when it happens, we think we are dying, when in fact we are turning into a supernova. Self-awareness turns us into supernovas and we become more beautiful, better and brighter than our old selves.
♦ “When we touch another person, we either help him or hinder him. There is no third option: we either pull the person down or lift him up.” Washington
♦ "You have to learn from other people's mistakes. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself." Hyman George Rickover
♦ “Looking at the past, take off your hat; looking at the future, roll up your sleeves!”
♦ “Some things in life cannot be fixed. They can only be experienced.”
♦ “The most rewarding thing is to do what people think you will never do.” Arabic proverb
♦ “Don’t pay attention to small flaws; remember: you have big ones too.” Benjamin Franklin
♦ “No desire is given to you apart from the power that allows you to fulfill it.”
♦ "Don't be afraid of big expenses, be afraid of small incomes" John Rockefeller
♦ "The solution to some problems should not be accompanied by the emergence of others. This is a trap"
♦ “Worry does not eliminate tomorrow’s problems, but it takes away today’s peace.”
♦ "Every saint had a past, every sinner has a future"
♦ "All people bring happiness: some by their presence, others by their absence"
♦ "What cannot be corrected should not be mourned" Benjamin Franklin
♦ “If you buy what you don’t need, you will soon sell what you need.” Benjamin Franklin
♦ “Life does not use carbon copies, for everyone it composes its own plot, for which it has an author’s patent, endorsed by the highest authorities.”
♦ “Everything that is beautiful in this life is either immoral, illegal, or leads to obesity.” Oscar Wilde
♦ “We cannot stand people with the same shortcomings as us.” Oscar Wilde
♦ "Be yourself. Other roles are already taken" Oscar Wilde
♦ "Forgive your enemies - this is the best way to make them angry" Oscar Wilde
♦ "It's very dangerous to meet a woman who completely understands you. It usually ends in marriage." Oscar Wilde
♦ “In America, in the Rocky Mountains, I saw the only reasonable method of art criticism. In the bar there was a sign above the piano: “Don’t shoot the pianist - he’s doing the best he can.” Oscar Wilde
♦ "Successful people have fears, doubts, and anxieties. They just don't let those feelings stop them." T. Garv Ecker
♦ “Desire is a thousand ways, unwillingness is a thousand obstacles”
♦ “Happy is not the one who has a lot, but the one who has enough”
♦ “If your desires do not coincide with your capabilities, you need to either limit your desires or increase your capabilities.”
♦ "A man should feel that he is needed, and a woman should feel that she is cared for"
♦ “It is not at all necessary to be beautiful. It is important to be able to inspire that you are irresistible and charming, that you are the center of the earth, the navel of the universe. People so readily accept imposed opinions.”
♦ “Small towns have an amazing ability to retain those who linger here.”
♦ "Don't believe your eyes! They only see obstacles"
♦ “Whoever does not know which harbor he is sailing to, there is no favorable wind for him.” Seneca
♦ “You need to communicate only with those with whom you feel comfortable. The rest are free. Especially the unsympathetic ones are twice free.”
♦ "A person may not be born, but he must die"
♦ “If we don’t change the present, the future will not change. And if the present looks like a quagmire, nothing will pull us out of it, and the future will be just as sticky and faceless.”
♦ “Don’t judge another man’s roads until you’ve walked at least a mile in his moccasins.” Pueblo Indian Proverb
♦ “Whether a particular day will bring you more happiness or more sorrow depends largely on the strength of your determination. Whether every day of your life will be happy or unhappy is the work of your hands.” George Merriam
♦ “The main thing in a relationship is to bring joy, not to prove your individuality”
♦ "Genius lies in the ability to distinguish the difficult from the impossible" Napoleon Bonaparte
♦ “The biggest mistake is that we give up quickly, sometimes to get what you want you just have to try again.”
♦ “The greatest glory is not to never fail, but to be able to rise whenever you fall.” Confucius
♦ "It's easier to overcome bad habits today than tomorrow" Confucius
♦ "Every person has three characters: the one that is attributed to him; the one that he ascribes to himself; and, finally, the one that actually exists" Victor Hugo
♦ "The dead are valued according to their merits, the living - according to their financial means"
♦ “It’s hard to think with a full belly, but it’s loyal” Gabriel Laub
♦ "I have very simple tastes. The best always suits me" Oscar Wilde
♦ "Just because you're alone doesn't mean you're crazy" Stephen King
♦ Stephen King
♦ "Everyone has something like a dung shovel, with which in moments of stress and trouble you begin to dig into yourself, in your thoughts and feelings. Get rid of it. Burn it. Otherwise, the hole you dug will reach the depths of the subconscious, and then at night you will come out of it the dead will come out" Stephen King
♦ “People think that they can’t do a lot of things, and then suddenly they discover that they really can when they find themselves in a hopeless situation.” Stephen King
♦ "There is a test to determine whether your mission on earth is over or not. If you are still alive, then it is not over." Richard Bach
♦ “Never feel sorry for yourself and don’t let anyone do it”
♦ “You are braver than you think. Stronger than you seem. And smarter than you think,” - Alan Milne, “Winnie the Pooh and all, all, all.”
♦ “Sometimes it happens that very small things take up a lot of space in the heart,” - Alan Milne, “Winnie the Pooh and Everything.”
♦ “Looking back on my experience, I remember the story of an old man who, on his deathbed, said that his life was full of troubles, most of which never happened.” Winston Churchill
♦ “A successful person is one who is able to build a strong foundation from the stones that others throw at him.” David Brinkley
♦ “When you get scared, don’t run, otherwise you’ll end up running endlessly.”
♦ Strangers come to feast, and our own people come to grieve.
♦ They don’t spit up.
♦ Do not detain the one leaving, do not drive away the one who has arrived.
♦ It is better to be the enemy of a good person than the friend of a bad one.
♦ “A vital ingredient to success is not knowing that what you set out to do cannot be accomplished.”
♦ "Humans are interesting creatures. In a world full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom." Sir Terence Pratchett, English satirist
♦ “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, but an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill
♦ “Even a big failure is not a disaster, but simply a turn of fate, and sometimes in the right direction.”
♦ “Even in times of terrible tragedy and crisis, there is no reason to add to the suffering of others by appearing unhappy.”
♦ “Everyone has their own secret, personal world.
There is the best moment in this world,
There is the most terrible hour in this world,
But all this is unknown to us..."
♦ "Set big goals - they're harder to miss"
♦ “Of all the paths, choose the most difficult one - there you will not meet competitors”
♦ “In life, like in the rain, one day there comes a moment when it just doesn’t matter anymore”
♦ “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop.” Bruce Lee
♦ "No one dies a virgin. Life fucks everyone" Kurt Cobain
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♦ “If you fail, you will be disappointed; if you give up, you will be doomed.” Beverly Hills
♦ "The most important thing is to do at least something to achieve success, and do it right now. This is the most important secret - despite all its simplicity. Everyone has amazing ideas, but rarely does anyone do anything to implement them in practice, right now. Not tomorrow. Not in a week. Now. An entrepreneur who achieves success is one who acts, and does not slow down, and acts right now" Nolan Bushnell
♦ “When you see a successful business, it means someone once made a bold decision.” Peter Drucker
♦ “Each person has his own price for happiness, a billionaire needs a second billion, a millionaire needs a billion, an ordinary person needs a normal salary, a homeless person needs a house, an orphan needs parents, a single woman needs a man, a lonely man needs unlimited Internet.”
♦ "People either poison each other's lives or fuel it"
♦ “You can buy a house, but not a hearth;
you can buy a bed, but not a dream;
you can buy a watch, but not time;
you can buy a book, but not knowledge;
you can buy position, but not respect;
you can pay for a doctor, but not for health;
you can buy a soul, but not a life;
You can buy sex, but not love" Coelho Paulo
♦ “Don’t be afraid to make big plans, set high goals and leave your comfort zone! It’s normal to feel discomfort when you change. By doing what is perceived as discomfort, we grow and develop. Train yourself to go beyond the usual, “swim beyond the buoys” ", expand your comfort zone!"
♦ “No matter what life circumstances you find yourself in, you shouldn’t blame the people around you for it, much less be discouraged. It’s important to understand not why, but why you found yourself in this particular situation, and it will definitely serve you well.”
♦ "If you want something you don't have, you'll have to do something you haven't done before" Coco Chanel
♦ "If you don't make mistakes, then you're not doing anything new"
♦ “If something can be misunderstood, it will be misunderstood.”
♦ “There are three types of idleness: doing nothing, doing poorly, and doing the wrong thing.”
♦ “If you are in doubt about the road, take a travel companion; if you are sure, go alone.”
♦ "The insurmountable difficulty is death. Everything else is completely solvable"
♦ “Never be afraid to do something you don’t know how to do. Remember, the Ark was built by an amateur. Professionals built the Titanic.”
♦ “When a woman says that she has nothing to wear, it means that everything new has run out. When a man says that he has nothing to wear, it means that everything clean has run out.”
♦ “If your relatives or friends don’t call you for a long time, it means everything is fine with them.”
♦ “Penguins were given wings not to fly, but to simply have them. Some people have that with their brains.”
♦ "There are three reasons for no-show: forgot, drank or scored"
♦ “Mosquitoes are much more humane than some women; if a mosquito drinks your blood, at least it stops buzzing.”
♦ "Life isn't fair. That's why mosquitoes drink blood and not fat?"
♦ "The lottery is the most accurate way to count the number of optimists"
♦ "About wives: There is only a moment between the past and the future. It is called life"
♦ “It’s not enough to know your worth—you also have to be in demand.”
♦ "It's a shame when your dreams come true for others!"
♦ “There is this type of woman - you respect them, admire them, stand in awe of them, but from a distance. If they try to get closer, you have to fight them off with a baton.”
♦ “A man’s character can best be judged by how he behaves with people who can’t help him in any way, and with people who can’t fight back.” Abigail Van Beuren
♦ “Weak natures behave extremely domineeringly towards those whom they find even weaker.” Etienne Rey
♦ "Don't envy someone who is stronger and richer.
3and sunset always comes with dawn.
With this short life, equal to a sigh,
Treat it like it’s rented to you.” Khayyam Omar
♦ "The next line always moves faster" Ettore's observation
♦ "If nothing else helps, finally read the instructions!" Axiom of Kahn and Orben
♦ “When you need to knock on wood, you discover that the world is made of aluminum and plastic.” Flagg's Law
♦ "What you keep long enough can be thrown away. Once you throw something away, you'll need it." Richard's Rule of Interdependence
♦ “Whatever happened to you, it all happened to someone you know, only it was worse.” Meader's Law
♦ “A real intellectual will never say “you are a fool”; he will say “you are not qualified enough to criticize me.”
♦ "The way we look at life depends on us. Sometimes by changing the point of view on the angle of inclination, you can change everything. And most importantly: it takes less than three days to create this habit. So, optimists are not born, but become. In our "You can train yourself to find something good in everything. Or as the Chinese say, always look at things on the bright side, and if there are none, rub the dark ones until they shine"
♦ "The prince did not come. So Snow White spat out the apple, woke up, went to work, got insurance and made a test tube baby."
♦ "I don't believe in email. I stick to the old traditions. I prefer to call and hang up."
♦ “The key to happiness is to dream, the key to success is to turn dreams into reality.” James Allen
♦ “You learn fastest in three cases: before the age of 7, during trainings, and when life has driven you into a corner.” S. Covey
♦ "You don't need hearing to sing karaoke. You need good eyesight and no conscience..."
♦ “If you want to build a ship, then do not call people to gather wood with the beating of drums, do not distribute work among them and do not give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the endless expanse of the sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
♦ "Sell a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him to fish and you'll ruin a great business opportunity." Karl Marx
♦ "If they give you a left hook, you can answer with a right hook, but it's better to hit you in the balls. Don't play the same games."
♦ "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito at night." Dalai Lama
♦ "The biggest liars in the world are often our own fears." Rudyard Kipling
♦ "Don't think about how to do something better. Think about how to do it differently."
♦ "Someone once said that there are no uninteresting things in the world. There are only uninterested people" William F.
♦ "Everyone wants to change humanity, but no one thinks about how to change themselves" Lev Tolstoy
♦ "All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" Lev Tolstoy
♦ "Strong people are always simple" Lev Tolstoy
♦ “It always seems that they love us because we are so good. But we don’t realize that they love us because those who love us are good.” Lev Tolstoy
♦ "I don't have everything I love. But I love everything I have." Lev Tolstoy
♦ “The world moves forward because of those who suffer” Lev Tolstoy
♦ "The greatest truths are the simplest" Lev Tolstoy
♦ “Evil is only inside us, that is, where it can be taken out from” Lev Tolstoy
♦ "A person should always be happy; if happiness ends, look where you went wrong" Lev Tolstoy
♦ "Everyone is making plans, and no one knows whether he will survive until the evening" Lev Tolstoy
♦ “Don’t forget that compared to eternity, all these are seeds”
♦ "If a problem can be solved with money, then it's not a problem. It's just an expense." G. Ford
♦ “Even a fool can produce a product, but it takes brains to sell it.”
♦ "If you don't get better, you get worse"
♦ "An optimist sees an opportunity in every difficulty. A pessimist sees a difficulty in every opportunity" G. Gore
♦ “One of the American astronauts once said: “What really makes you think is that you are flying in outer space on a ship built from materials purchased in tenders at the lowest prices.”
♦ "True education is achieved through self-education"
♦ “If you make decisions the way your heart tells you, you will end up with heart disease.”
♦ “It doesn’t matter how many buckets of milk you spill, it’s important not to lose the cow.”
♦ “Don’t try to work in one place until you are retired with a gold watch. Find something you like to do and make sure it brings you income.”
♦ "We don't have money, so we have to think"
♦ "A woman will always be dependent until she has her own wallet"
♦ “Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it makes it much more pleasant to be unhappy.” Claire Booth Loos
♦ And in joy and sorrow, no matter what the stress, keep your brains, tongue and weight under control!
♦ "Don't regret the past, don't be afraid of the future and enjoy the present"
♦ “The ship is safer in port, but that’s not what it was built for.” Grace Hopper
♦ “Until the age of eighteen, a woman needs good parents, from eighteen to thirty-five, good looks, from thirty-five to fifty-five, good character, and after fifty-five, good money.” Sophie Tucker
♦ “A smart person doesn’t make all the mistakes himself—he gives others a chance.” Winston Churchill
♦ "In life, everything is relative, and you cannot experience only the ups, without the downs. Everyone is born at the right time and in the right place. The only problem is to recognize the opportunity when it appears in sight, and before it will disappear"
♦ “You can never judge what’s on a person’s mind by what he says.”
♦ “Do what you are afraid to do, and do it until you achieve a number of successes at it.”
♦ “Despair is largely a product of idleness. Active actions keep a person youthful, daring and successful!”
♦ "I often make mistakes, but it is very difficult for me to prove it"
♦ "If you're going through hell, don't stop walking" Inston Churchill
♦ "Life begins where your comfort zone ends"
♦ "Limited thinking produces limited results. The result is your way of life, your experiences and your possessions. What you say programs what will happen to you. Your words create either the life you want or the life you don't want." "As long as you act as you usually do, you will get the same result that you usually get. If you are not happy with this, you need to change your way of doing things." Zig Ziglar
♦ “You can’t try. You can only do it or not do it.“I’ll try” is just an excuse for not doing it. Give it up. Want to improve your life? Do something!"
♦ "Be present in your present, otherwise you will miss your life" Buddha
♦ “The more grateful you are for what you have, the more you will have to be grateful for.” Zig Ziglar
♦ "It's not what happens to you that matters, but what you do about it"
♦ “Come to terms with it! We are all different. This is what makes life fun and interesting, and helps avoid boredom.”
♦ “As long as you are concerned about what other people will say about you, you are at their mercy.” Neil Donald Welsh
♦ "Strive to give more than is expected of you. Be nicer than expected of you. Serve people better than expected of you. Surprise people by treating them better than they expect of you."
♦ "Neighbors should be seen, but not heard"
♦ “Mistakes are not bad when you learn, Mistakes when you make are not important, But mistakes are bad when you repeat.”
♦ "Life is like riding a bicycle. The slower you go, the harder it is to pedal and maintain balance."
♦ "Collect all the money you want to spend on doctors, psychics, medicines and buy yourself a tracksuit, sneakers and start exercising!"
♦ "The main enemy of man is television. Instead of loving, suffering and enjoying ourselves, we watch how they do it for us on the screen"
♦ “Don’t clutter your memory with grievances, otherwise there may be no room left for beautiful moments.” Fedor Dostoevsky
♦ “When you’ve been betrayed, it’s like having your arms broken... You can forgive, but you can’t hug.” L. N. Tolstoy
♦ “Don’t tire yourself out thinking about what others think of you.”
♦ “Life is lost by those who have not prepared themselves for old age. And old age is not age, but, first of all, the loss of muscle tissue. For many, it begins at the age of 20. And the less a person monitors his physical form, the worse his mental state, the more he is more dominated by negative emotions. I have a half-joking formula: give your youth and youth to your homeland, and leave old age for yourself. So, I say: do not leave illnesses for yourself. Enter old age as a joy. When you have done everything and can simply enjoy life. Then this is real old age, which brings satisfaction. Everyone needs a person, he shares his experience, and does not complain about endless sores. Pain always interferes with life"
♦ "Happiness is when nothing hurts"
♦ "It's very easy to solve other people's problems..." Consultant principle
♦ “The difference between a warrior and an ordinary person is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary person sees everything as luck or bad luck.” “To make progress you need to course correct.”
♦ “When you begin to peer into an abyss for a long time, the abyss begins to peer into you.” Nietzsche
♦ "In a battle of elephants, the ants get the worst of it" Old American Proverb
♦ “We shouldn’t let our past program our present and future.”
♦ “If God delays, this does not mean that he refuses”
♦ “Your own decisions, not circumstances, determine your destiny.” Helen Keller
♦ "Someday you'll look back and you'll laugh."
♦ "Aging does not depend on age, but on lack of movement. And a critical lack of movement is death"
♦ “Most of us create many ways to feel bad, and very few ways to feel truly good.”
♦ “In Chinese, the word “crisis” consists of two characters - one means danger and the other means opportunity.” John F. Kennedy
♦ "Anything that does not give pleasure is called work" Bertolt Brecht
♦ “There are people who will see the speck in someone else’s eye without seeing the beam in their own.” Bertolt Brecht
♦ “Having taken inventory of your internal reserves and shortcomings, you will discover that your most vulnerable point is your lack of self-confidence.”
♦ “Life is a chessboard, and time is against you. While you hesitate and evade moves, time eats the pieces. You are playing with an opponent who does not forgive indecision!”
♦ “Remember, there are no unsolvable problems. At the moment when you think that there is no way out, remember that you are the producer of your life. And solve this problem.”
♦ "The world is too small to have the luxury of making enemies"
♦ "The only people who don't have problems are dead people"
♦ "Good wood does not grow in silence: the stronger the winds, the stronger the trees" J. Willard Marriott
♦ “The brain itself is vast. It can be equally the seat of heaven and hell.” John Milton
♦ “Success and failure are usually not the result of one single event. Failure is the result of not making the right call, not going that last mile, not saying “I love you” on time. Just as failure is the result of unimportant decisions, and success comes through initiative, perseverance and the ability to express your love."
♦ "Don't worry about many things and you will outlive many people"
♦ “A person doesn’t even think about what he lacks until others boast.”
♦ “Find time to work, this is a condition for success.
Take time to reflect, it is a source of strength.
Find time to play, this is the secret of youth.
Find time to read, this is the basis of knowledge.
Find time for Friendship, this is a condition for happiness.
Find time to dream, this is the path to the stars.
Find time for love, this is the true joy of life."
♦ “The more often your brains are straightened, the more they become askew”
♦ "Real men have a happy woman, others have a strong woman..."
♦ “People immediately notice when you change your attitude towards them... But they don’t notice that the reason for this was their own behavior.”
♦ "He who works all day has no time to earn money" John D. Rockefeller
♦ "Many people like being single much better than putting up with other people's antics..."
♦ "When a thief has nothing to steal, he pretends to be honest"
♦ "A correct decision made late is a mistake" Lee Iacocca
♦ "Make your way forward: nothing in the world can replace perseverance. Talent cannot replace it - there is nothing more common than talented losers. Genius cannot replace it - unrealized genius has already become the talk of the town. It cannot be replaced by a good education - the world is full of educated outcasts. Only perseverance and perseverance" Ray Kroc, entrepreneur, restaurateur
♦ “Don’t offend those who love you... They’ve already got it their way”
♦ "Three phrases that cause panic:
1. It won't hurt.
2. I want to talk to you seriously...
3. The login or password is incorrect..."
♦ “The rarest kind of friendship is friendship with your own head”
♦ "Even the strangest people can come in handy someday"
♦ “Sometimes a good cry is what you need to grow.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “It is not at all necessary to adapt to someone” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "Everyone needs a good story to be told from time to time" Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "We are all responsible for those smaller than us." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “Even the saddest things are no longer the saddest if you treat them correctly.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "When you're drunk, the world is still out there, but at least it's not holding you by the throat." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “I don’t believe that you can change the world for the better. I believe that you can try not to make it worse.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “If you managed to deceive a person, it does not mean that he is a fool, it means that you were trusted more than you deserve.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "Act and move as if you are calm, strong, cheerful, etc. - all depending on your specific goal - and you will become calm, strong, cheerful. The more you practice and develop this skill, the stronger it becomes." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “Remember, nothing lasts forever, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth it.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ "The only way to live is to live. Tell yourself, 'I can do this,' even though you know you can't." Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “Time heals everything, whether you like it or not. Time heals everything, takes everything away, leaving only darkness in the end. Sometimes in this darkness we meet others, and sometimes we lose them there again.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “If you are unable to love anyone today, at least try not to offend anyone.” Tove Jansson, "All About the Moomins"
♦ “I recently realized what email is for—to communicate with people you don’t want to talk to.” George Carlin
♦ “Live as if this day is your last, and one day it will turn out to be so. And you will be fully armed.” George Carlin
♦ “Before you have time to find the meaning of life, it has already been changed” George Carlin
♦ “If you can’t say anything good about someone, that’s not a reason to remain silent!” George Carlin
♦ "Keep learning. Learn more about computers, crafts, gardening - anything. Never leave your brain idle. "An idle brain is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer." George Carlin
♦ “Home is where our junk is stored while we are away from home to get more junk.” George Carlin
♦ "The principle of "an eye for an eye" will make the whole world blind" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "The world is large enough to satisfy the needs of every person, but too small to satisfy human greed" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “If you want change in the future, be that change in the present.”
♦ "The weak never forgive. Forgiveness is the property of the strong" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.” Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “It has always been a mystery to me: how people can respect themselves by humiliating people like themselves.” Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "Find a goal - resources will be found" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "The only way to live is to let others live" Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “I only count on the good in people. I myself am not without sin, and therefore I do not consider myself to have the right to focus on the mistakes of others.” Mahatma Gandhi
♦ "No" said with deep conviction is better than "yes" said only to please or, worse, to avoid problems." Mahatma Gandhi
♦ “Evil, as a rule, does not sleep and, accordingly, has little understanding of why anyone should sleep at all.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “History teaches us at least that things can always be worse.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “People think they will be happy if they move to another place, but then it turns out that wherever you move, you take yourself with you.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “All people do the same things. They may think that they sin in a unique way, but for the most part there is nothing original in their little dirty tricks.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “A lot of things are hard to forgive, but one day you turn around and you have no one left.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “Even at the very bottom there are holes into which you can fall” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ “Coming into a world full of troubles and dangers, a person devotes the lion’s share of his energy to making it even worse.” Science fiction writer Neil Gaiman
♦ "I hate advice - everyone except my own"
♦ “You may hit me with the truth, but never pity me with a lie.” Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ “Never give anyone your “best” advice because they are not going to follow it.” Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ "Loneliness is a great luxury" Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ “The older you are, the stronger the wind becomes - and it’s always headwind.” Actor, director, screenwriter and producer Jack Nicholson
♦ “If you want to collect honey, don’t ruin the hive”
♦ "If fate gives you a lemon, make lemonade out of it" Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ "When a person starts a war with himself, he is already worth something" Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “Of course, your husband has his faults! If he were a saint, he would never have married you.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ "Keep busy. This is the cheapest medicine on earth - and one of the most effective." Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “The expression you wear on your face is much more important than the clothes you put on yourself.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “If you want to change people, start with yourself. It’s both more useful and safer.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ "Do not be afraid of enemies who attack you, be afraid of friends who flatter you" Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “Act as if you are already happy and you will actually become happier.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “There is only one way to earn love in this world - stop demanding it and start giving love without expecting gratitude.” Psychologist and educator Dale Carnegie
♦ “Prayer must remain unanswered, otherwise it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.”
♦ "The world is divided into two classes - some believe in the incredible, others do the impossible" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ "Moderation is a fatal quality. Only extremes lead to success" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ "Great success always requires some unscrupulousness" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ “People call their mistakes experience” Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ "Be yourself, the rest of the roles are taken" Writer and playwright Oscar Wilde
♦ “Our biggest problems come from avoiding the small ones.”
♦ "An army of rams led by a lion is stronger than an army of lions led by a ram."
♦ “If you expect gratitude for good, you are not giving good, you are selling it...” Omar Khayyam
♦ “No one can go back in time and change their start. But everyone can start now and change their finish.”
♦ “Happy is not the one who has the best, but the one who makes the best of what he has.”
♦ “The problem with this world is that educated people are full of doubts, but idiots are full of confidence.”
♦ “Three things never come back - time, words, opportunity. Therefore: don’t waste time, choose your words, don’t miss the opportunity.” Confucius
♦ “The world is made up of slackers who want to have money without working, and idiots who are willing to work without getting rich.” Bernard Show
♦ "Dance is the vertical expression of horizontal desire" Bernard Show
♦ “Hatred is a coward’s revenge for the fear he has experienced.” Bernard Show
♦ “To be able to endure solitude and enjoy it is a great gift.” Bernard Show
♦ Bernard Show
♦ "Try to get what you love, otherwise you will have to love what you got" Bernard Show
♦ "Getting old is boring, but it's the only way to live long" Bernard Show
♦ “The only lesson that can be learned from history is that people learn no lessons from history.” Bernard Show
♦ “Democracy is a balloon that hangs over your heads and makes you stare up while other people go through your pockets.” Bernard Show
♦ “Sometimes you have to make people laugh to distract them from hanging you.” Bernard Show
♦ “The greatest sin towards one’s neighbor is not hatred, but indifference; this is truly the pinnacle of inhumanity.” Bernard Show
♦ “It’s easier to live with a passionate woman than with a boring one. True, they are sometimes smothered, but they are rarely abandoned.” Bernard Show
♦ “The one who knows how, does it; the one who doesn’t know how, teaches others.” Bernard Show
♦ "Try to get what you love, otherwise you will have to love what you got" Bernard Show
♦ “Ranks and titles were invented for those whose services to the country are indisputable, but are unknown to the people of this country.” Bernard Show
♦ “Rich men who lack convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women who lack morals.” Bernard Show
♦ “Now that we have learned to fly through the air like birds, to swim under water like fish, we lack only one thing: to learn to live on earth like people.” Bernard Show
♦ "To be happy, you must live in your own paradise! Did you really think that the same paradise could satisfy all people without exception?” Mark Twain
♦ "Once you give your word that you won’t do something, you will certainly want to do it.” Mark Twain
♦ "Summer is the time of year when it is very hot to do things that were very cold to do in winter." Mark Twain
♦ "The worst loneliness is when a person is uncomfortable with himself." Mark Twain
♦ "Once in a lifetime, fortune knocks on every person's door, but at this time a person often sits in the nearest pub and does not hear any knocking." Mark Twain
♦ "Being good wears out a person so much!” Mark Twain
♦ "I have been praised a great many times, and I have always been embarrassed; I felt every time that more could have been said" Mark Twain
♦ "It is better to remain silent and appear a fool than to speak up and dispel all doubts." Mark Twain
♦ "If you need money, go to strangers; if you need advice, go to your friends; and if you don’t need anything, go to your relatives" Mark Twain
♦ "The truth should be served like a coat, not thrown in your face like a wet towel." Mark Twain
♦ "Always do the right thing. It will please some people and surprise everyone else." Mark Twain
♦ "Buy land - after all, no one produces it anymore." Mark Twain
♦ "Never argue with idiots. You will sink to their level, where they will crush you with their experience." Mark Twain
♦ "The greatest happiness that can happen in life is a happy childhood" Agatha Christie
♦ "You don't know if you can or not until you try" Agatha Christie
♦ “The fact that the alarm clock did not ring has already changed many human destinies.” Agatha Christie
♦ "You can't judge a person without listening to him" Agatha Christie
♦ "There is nothing more tiresome than a man who is always right" Agatha Christie
♦ “Every mutual affection between a man and a woman begins with the stunning illusion that you think the same about everything in the world.” Agatha Christie
♦ “There is a saying that you must either speak well of the dead or nothing. In my opinion, this is stupidity. The truth always remains the truth. For that matter, you need to restrain yourself when talking about the living. They can be offended - unlike the dead.” Agatha Christie
♦ "The smart ones don't get offended, they draw conclusions" Agatha Christie
♦ "It's hard to make history, but it's easy to get into trouble" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "The highest degree of embarrassment is two glances meeting through a keyhole" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "An optimist believes that we live in the best of all worlds. A pessimist fears that we do." M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Everything is going well, just passing by" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “You want everything at once, but you get nothing gradually” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "In the beginning was the Word.... However, judging by how events developed further, the Word was unprintable" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Wisdom does not always come with age. Sometimes age comes alone" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "A clear conscience is a sign of bad memory" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “You can’t forbid a beautiful life. But you can hinder it.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Good always defeats evil, which means whoever wins is good" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “Have you seen a person who never lies? It’s hard to see him, everyone avoids him.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “You can easily recognize a decent person by how clumsily he does mean things.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Thinking is so difficult, that's why most people judge" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "People are divided into those who can be relied on and those who need to be relied upon" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “If someone appears ready to move mountains, others will surely follow him, ready to break his neck.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Every person is the smith of his own happiness and the anvil of someone else's" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Born to crawl, he can crawl everywhere" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "In some, both hemispheres are protected by the skull, in others - by pants" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Some look brave because they are afraid to run away" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "It's hard to be the last bitch - there's always someone behind you!" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Life is short. And you have to be able to. You have to be able to leave a bad movie. Throw away a bad book. Leave a bad person. There are many of them." M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Nothing hurts a person more than the fragments of his own happiness" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “Well, at least five minutes a day, think badly about yourself. When people think badly about you, that’s one thing... But think about yourself for five minutes a day... It’s like thirty minutes of running.” M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Never exaggerate the stupidity of your enemies or the loyalty of your friends" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ "Being elegant does not mean being conspicuous, it means being etched in the memory" M. Zhvanetsky
♦ “Having regard for the opinions of others ensures a calm and happy life.” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “Everything pleasant in this world is either harmful, immoral, or leads to obesity.” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “It’s better to be a good person who “swears” than a quiet, well-mannered creature” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ "There are people in whom God lives. There are people in whom the devil lives. And there are people in whom only worms live." Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “You have to live in such a way that even the bastards remember you!” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “If a patient really wants to live, doctors are powerless” Faina Ranevskaya
♦ “No matter how you look at it, there is only one woman in a man’s life. All the others are her shadows...” Coco Chanel
♦ "I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all." Coco Chanel
♦ "There are no ugly women, only lazy ones" Coco Chanel
♦ "A woman worries about the future until she gets married. A man doesn't worry about the future until he gets married." Coco Chanel
♦ “To restrain yourself when it’s offensive, and not to make a scene when it’s painful - that’s what an ideal woman is.” Coco Chanel
♦ "Everything is in our hands, so they can not be omitted" Coco Chanel
♦ “Genuine happiness is inexpensive: if you have to pay a high price for it, then it is fake.” Coco Chanel
♦ "If you were born without wings, don't stop them from growing" Coco Chanel
♦ "Hands are a girl's business card; Neck is her passport; Breasts are her international passport" Coco Chanel
♦ “The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons he has inside...” Sigmund Freud
♦ “We do not choose each other by chance... We meet only those who already exist in our subconscious” Sigmund Freud
♦ “Unfortunately, suppressed emotions do not die. They were silenced. And they continue to influence a person from the inside.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “The task of making man happy was not part of the plan of creation of the world” Sigmund Freud
♦ “You never stop looking for strength and confidence outside, but you should look within yourself. They have always been there.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “Most people don’t really want freedom because it comes with responsibility, and most people are afraid of responsibility.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “Idlers rarely visit a busy person; flies don’t fly to a boiling pot.” Sigmund Freud
♦ “The scale of your personality is determined by the magnitude of the problem that can piss you off” Sigmund Freud
♦ "Everyone dreams, but each one differently. Those who dream in the dark depths of the night, in the morning they see that their dreams have crumbled to dust. But those who dream in reality, with their eyes open, are dangerous people, because they can make dreams come true in real" Thomas Lawrence
♦ “Life gives us raw material: but it’s up to us which of the available opportunities to take and how to use them.”
♦ "The skill of a pilot and his desire to survive are revealed only when the autopilot is turned off. So try to take the helm and start managing your life. It's much more interesting this way."
♦ If a person close to you has pain in his heart and emptiness in his soul...
People tend to make mistakes
People tend to hurt themselves
Bare heart on a bare stone,
And then the wound remains -
A heavy scar remains
And not a bit of love. Not a gram.
A man freezes in silence
People are starting to run away
And icy wolf melancholy
In the middle of the night he knocks.
He won't fall asleep again until dawn,
He will crumple cigarettes in his fingers.
There's no point in waiting for an answer
To made up questions.
He won't say a word now
He is all in distant thoughts somewhere.
Don't judge him harshly
Don't blame him for this.
Don’t be overly invigorated in front of him,
Don't teach him patience -
All examples you know
They will be forgotten, unfortunately.
He went deaf from extreme pain,
From furry animal misfortune.
He is sad - gray with salt -
I met you on a long road.
He's frozen. Forever? Who knows!
And there seems to be no way out
But one day he too will thaw,
As nature told him.
Gradually, changing colors,
Imperceptibly changing rhythms,
From the cold season of January
In the blue weather of May.
You see - snakes change their skin,
You see, the bird changes its feathers.
It's happiness that pain can't
It always nests in a person.
He will wake up early one day
Knead the silence like dough.
Where the wound used to hurt,
It will just be a smooth place.
And then through the city to summer,
Running along the main street,
The man will smile at the light
And hug him like an equal. (Sergey Ostrovoy)
Very small stories-parables about life
- One day, all the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer, all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. This is FAITH.
- When you throw kids in the air, they laugh because they know you'll catch them. This is TRUST.
- Every night when we go to bed, we're not sure we'll be alive the next morning, but we set our alarm anyway. This is HOPE.
- We plan big things for tomorrow, despite the fact that we know nothing about the future. This is CONFIDENCE.
- We see that the world is suffering, but we still get married and have children. This is Love.
- On the old man’s T-shirt is written the phrase: “I’m not 80, I’m 16 wonderful years plus 64 years of accumulated experience.” This is a POSITION.
We wish you to be happy and live in accordance with these little stories!
And finally, a few more good thoughts, quotes, advice about life and about life:
♦ “The essence of this lifestyle is not to build endless imaginary alternative scenarios of events happening to us and not to produce endless “could have been...”, “if only it was”, “it’s a pity that it’s not” and “it would be more correct” "Instead, we should try to get maximum pleasure from what we have here and now." Writer Vladimir Yakovlev
♦ “When you feel bad, find someone who is even worse and help him. You will feel better.” How simple it sounds! But why go and help someone if I feel bad?
My wife left me, my children forgot, I was kicked out of work - my life is falling apart! Everything is bad. But if you find a person who needs your help, if he is worse off than you, your adversity will move aside. By dealing with the pain and problems of another person, you switch and forget about your difficulties and adversities.
Remember: negative emotions accumulate, positive ones do not. Helping someone else gives you positive emotions. You helped, you see: your help was needed. You were able to, you took part in someone else's fate. When you feel bad, find someone who is even worse and help him - you will feel better.
♦ "Live in the present and use it to shape your future to your liking. If you don't change now, the future won't get better. If you are passive and inactive, who will help you? Ultimately, everything depends on you. If circumstances do not spoil you, do not give up, but plan, plan and plan again. Do everything in your power, and luck will come to you - it comes to everyone, to everyone who wants it. This is the law of life. And also, do not delay for tomorrow what you can do today. God help you"
♦ “The past is already over, this thought must be accepted. There is only the present and also the future, which we are creating now. Therefore, the past must be understood, accepted and forgiven. Let go of your past from the present back to the past, that’s where it belongs.” Psychologist Andrei Kurpatov (Bestseller “Happy of my own free will”)
♦ “Just retire and list everything you have, what you believe, remember everyone you loved and love. And remember that above your head there is always a huge endless sky and the sun, however, sometimes it is hidden from us by clouds, but this is temporary, and it is still there, even if it is not visible now. Think about what you have, and then you will understand what you need." Psychologist Andrei Kurpatov (Bestseller “Happy of my own free will”)
♦ “Perhaps you demand from life that your desires be fulfilled? But these demands are also absurd, we can only rely on ourselves and do what depends on us, and the result is always a confluence of many circumstances, the demands here are meaningless. And finally ", the third area where your demands can lead to unnecessary problems: maybe you are very demanding of yourself? You need to rely on yourself, not demand" Psychologist Andrei Kurpatov (Bestseller “Happy of my own free will”)
♦ "Remember - fear loves those who look into the future, instead of relying on the present. Fear loves those who feed on dreams, instead of doing what he can do under the conditions that exist at the moment. So "Don't wait for the situation to change, then you will no longer be able to do what you can do now. If you constantly behave like this, then you will never, I emphasize, never really do anything!" Psychologist Andrey Kurpatov
♦ "We are all human, and bad things happen to people. When something bad happens to you, it only proves that you are alive, because as long as you live, bad things will happen to you. Stop thinking that you are the chosen one, to whom nothing bad can happen. Such people do not exist, and even if they did exist, who would want to communicate with them? They would be so boring. What would you talk to them about? How wonderful everything is in their life? And Wouldn't you like to hit them?"
♦ “Learn to downplay rather than exaggerate your problems. For our psyche, which itself does not understand anything about this matter, it is better to hear that the problem is trivial than gigantic. And instead of thinking: “My life has no meaning,” think, that your problems are deprived of it. If we can so easily devalue our own lives, then why don’t we redirect our accusatory sting and devalue the problems that devalue our lives?.."
♦ “Not only does life affect you, but you also affect life. So consider that you were just dealt bad cards. It happens. Take the cards, shuffle them and deal them to yourself. It’s your responsibility. Don’t wait. Don’t whine. "Good things don't just happen. You have to make them happen. Think about how you can start living the life you've always wanted. If there aren't many bad things happening in your life, then there's not much happening at all." Larry Winget ("Stop whining, keep your head up!")
♦ “This is a variant of the famous formula that the doctor Emile Coue developed for his patients: “EVERY DAY, ALWAYS AND IN EVERYTHING, MY THINGS ARE GOING BETTER AND BETTER.” Repeat this phrase out loud fifty times in the morning and evening, and throughout the day - as much as you can. The more often you repeat it, the stronger its influence on you will be." Mark Fisher ("The Millionaire's Secret")
♦ “Never forget that life is an opportunity. This thesis may seem like a philosophical delight, but it really is. When one thing doesn’t work out for us, something else will definitely work out. As the song sang, “I’m unlucky in death, will be lucky in love." On all fronts without exception, life never loses. And wisdom consists in always being on the front on which the troops are going on the offensive. The ability to switch is a great and necessary skill for us. If somewhere or in "If you're chronically unlucky with something, do something else. You won't notice how life is getting better on the front you left!" Psychologist Andrey Kurpatov (“5 saving steps from depression”)
♦ Don't forget about family. Parents are the only people who love you unconditionally, simply because you exist. Communicate with them more often - it will not only give you energy for life and work. When dear people leave this world, they will live on in your memories. Let there be more of these memories.
♦ Complaining about life is a waste of time. Build a conversation constructively, talk about something interesting. Your problems are not interesting to others, and receiving useful information during a conversation is much more valuable than meager words of sympathy.
♦ There is enough grief in the world; don't exaggerate it. If you can, BE KIND, and you can't, or are going through a hard time, then at least try not to be a complete jerk.
♦ Life is an unknown road, immeasurable length. Some travelers take a long time, while others take a short time. God only knows the length of the road, sending us on our worldly journey, and the person walking does not know the duration of his earthly life.
♦ Remember - everything passes and is constantly changing. What seems important now may turn out to be meaningless after a while. Stop focusing on problems, do something useful.
♦ “You can wait until things calm down. When the kids get older, work becomes calmer, the economy picks up, the weather gets better, your back stops hurting...
The fact is that people who are different from you and me never wait for the time to come. They know this will never happen.
Instead, they take risks and begin to act, even when they have no sleep, they have no money, they are hungry, their house is not cleaned, and it is snowing in the yard. Whenever this happens. Because the time comes every day." Seth Godin
♦ Eventually computers break, people die, relationships fail... The best thing we can do is take a deep breath and reboot.
♦ No matter how bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. As long as there is life, there is hope." Stephen Hawking (brilliant physicist)
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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? This means she wishes you happy singlehood 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 of the upper class of 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
Very few fields of 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 are afraid of evil. Walter Scott
To remain silent is to believe in yourself. Albert Camus
Those who went through the war are very sincerely happy at its end, but in their creativity they cannot go beyond the military theme. 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 are killing the human race. 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 because of a small whim, in small 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
People like these are evil, angry defilers, wandering in the empty darkness of their 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
The article contains great quotes and phrases from 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 tells a woman more than 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 a comedy when you look at it from a distance. 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 push them apart from each other in different directions, while others are bound even more tightly. 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 "The Stranger"
- Each person looks like as much as he has experienced and as much as he has read. Look at yourself. Arturo Perez-Reverte