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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes

Russian Author, Writer December 11, 1918 – August 3, 2008

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Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word "modernity" if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "If a person can build a fence around himself, he is bound to..."
If a person can build a fence around himself, he is bound to do it. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A society which is based on the letter of the law and never reaches any higher is taking very scarce advantage of the high range of human possibilities. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!"
The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever."
The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past..."
The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?"
If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "Can a man who's warm understand one who's freezing?"
Can a man who's warm understand one who's freezing? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "Just as King Midas turned everything to gold, Stalin turned..."
Just as King Midas turned everything to gold, Stalin turned everything to mediocrity. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that "past" which "ought not to be stirred up. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "What's worse than cancer? Leprosy."
What's worse than cancer? Leprosy. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "By now we are even unsure whether we have the right to talk..."
By now we are even unsure whether we have the right to talk about the events of our own lives. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm..."
Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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