More Quotes by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Envy is an insult to oneself.
When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say.
To partly remain a child: that is to be really mature.
One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.
Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.
In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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.
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.
When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.
Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.
