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Famous quotes

We are all familiar with quotes from famous personalities in our own languages and cultures - but how many do we know from elsewhere in different languages? Here is a chance to discover the wisdom, truths (or half-truths!), creativity, humour and sometimes downright cynicism from a range of cultures and languages as well as their origins. Do you have a favourite? We would be delighted if you would also contribute some of your own!

Famous quotes

We are all familiar with quotes from famous personalities in our own languages and cultures - but how many do we know from elsewhere in different languages? Here is a chance to discover the wisdom, truths (or half-truths!), creativity, humour and sometimes downright cynicism from a range of cultures and languages as well as their origins. Do you have a favourite? We would be delighted if you would also contribute some of your own!
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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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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).

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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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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).