“A genius doesn't adjust his treatment of a theme to a tyrant's taste”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)
“We didn't love freedom enough.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian writer
Source: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books V-VII
“Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian writer
“In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian writer
Source: The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
“You should rejoice that you're in prison. Here you have time to think about your soul.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book The First Circle
Innokenty, in Ch. 57.
Variant translation: For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
The First Circle (1968)
“We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian writer
“A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago (1973).
“Can a man who's warm understand one who's freezing?”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962)
“It is in the nature of the human being to seek afor his actions.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian writer
Source: The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation V-VII