More Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Envy is an insult to oneself.
In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that too much is indispensable.
Everything I do, I do on the principle of Russian borscht. You can throw everything into it beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, everything you want. What's important is the result, the taste of the borscht.
Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.
Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.
There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.
Life is a rainbow which also includes black.
Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.
Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.
To partly remain a child: that is to be really mature.