Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakovwas a Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 May 1891
CountryRussian Federation
vices cowardice terrible
Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.
queens cat alcohol
Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!
kindness thinking animal
Kindness. The only possible method when dealing with a living creature. You'll get nowhere with an animal if you use terror, no matter what its level of development may be. That I have maintained, do maintain and always will maintain. People who think you can use terror are quite wrong. No, no, terror is useless, whatever its colour – white, red or even brown! Terror completely paralyses the nervous system.
liars cutting faithful
Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out! Follow me, my reader, and me alone, and I will show you such a love!
forget rectify
he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget.
wine men games
Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and dinnertime conversation. Such people are either gravely ill or secretly detest everyone around them.
world margarita turns
Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.
stars pain eye
Everything passes away-suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes toward the stars? Why?
powerful margarita should
You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.
evil giving shadow
You pronounced your words as if you don’t acknowledge the shadows, or the evil either. Would you be so kind as to give a little thought to the question of what your good would be doing if evil did not exist, and how the earth would look if the shadows were to disappear from it?
evil shadow looks
What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?
allies murderer fronts
just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once
lasts firsts degrees
There's only one degree of freshness — the first, which makes it also the last
stopping witchcraft wells
Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it.