Yevgeny Yevtushenko Quotes

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

A show of envy is an insult to oneself.

How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

They tell me, shaking their heads:"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".I used to be kind. It didn’t last long.

no one sleeps more beautifully than you. But i am afraid that you will waken just now, and touch me with an indifferent glance, lightly passing, and commit the murder of beauty.

Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.

Time has a way of demonstrating . . . the most stubborn are the most intelligent.

Envy is an insult to oneself.