Author Nationality

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Nationality : Russian

Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.

Nationality : Russian

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Nationality : Russian

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him.

Nationality : Russian

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Nationality : Russian

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

Nationality : Russian

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

Nationality : Russian

Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.

Nationality : Russian

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Nationality : Russian

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.

Nationality : Russian