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Pasternak Boris

1890 - 1960 (70)

Pasternak Boris
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Quote 1

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Quote 2

Man is born to live and not to prepare to

Quote 3

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.

Quote 4

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.

Quote 5

No bad man can be a good poet.

Quote 6

When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.

Quote 7

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune