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Все починяют телевизоры, но никто не починяет головы, поврежденные телевизором.
Everyone repairs televisions, but no one repairs the heads damaged by the TV.
By Fazil Abdulovich Iskander, writer and poet
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Красота спасет мир
Beauty will save the world.
By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
From his novel "The Idiot" (1869).
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Работа не волк—в лес не убежит.
Work isn’t a wolf—it won’t run away into the woods.
By Unknown
This quote is used in the 1965 movie Операция ‘Ы’ и другие приключения Шурика (Operation “Y” and Shurik’s Other Adventures). Essentially, it means, "Don't worry; the work will still be waiting for you tomorrow." In the film, a character accused of laziness for avoiding his construction duties responds with this phrase, suggesting there's no need to rush since the work isn't going anywhere..
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Если против какой нибудь болезни предлагается очень много средств, то это значит, что болезнь неизлечима.
When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
By Anton Chekhov
From his play "The Cherry Orchard" (1904).
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Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему.” Все счастливые семьи похожи друг на друга, каждая несчастливая семья несчастлива по-своему.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
By Leo Tolstoy
From his novel "Anna Karenina" (1878).