“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
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“Kindly consider the question: what would your good do if evil did not exist, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared from it?”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of interesting friends. Margarita never had to cook. Margarita knew nothing of the horrors of living in a shared flat. In short... was she happy? Not for a moment.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
“You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied.
'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― The Master and Margarita
'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― The Master and Margarita
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