Mikhail Bulgakov Quotes

Ruin, therefore, is not caused by lavatories but it's something that starts in people's heads. So wh...

Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced ...

What point is there in dying in a ward, listening to the moans and rasps of the terminally ill? Woul...

Annushka has already bought the sunflower oil, and has not only bought it, but has already spilled i...

You were right," said the Master impressed by the neatness of Korovyov's work, "when you said: no do...

A book is open in front of me and this is what it has tosay about the symptoms of morphine withdrawa...

I, the unfortunate Doctor Polyakov, who became addicted to morphine in February of this year, warn a...

I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.

Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly

Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes ...

You spoke your words as though you denied the very existence of the shadows or of evil. Think, now: ...

The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't...

And now tell me, why is it that you use me words "good people" all the time? Do you call everyone th...

– But here is a question that is troubling me: if there is no God, then, one may ask, who governs hu...

But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.

But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what wo...

No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own.

Margarita was never short of money. She could buy whatever she liked. Her husband had plenty of inte...

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful tha...

I don't have any special talents, just an ordinary desire to live like a human being.

I must give due praise to the man who first extracted morphine from poppyheads. He was a true benefa...

The buckets emptied quickly, and men from different squads took turns bringing water from the gully ...

Once more and for the last time, the moon flashed above and broke into pieces, and then everything w...

Don’t be afraid, Queen, the blood has long run down into the earth. And on the spot where it was spi...

How sad, ye Gods, how sad the world is at evening, how mysterious the mists over the swamps! You wil...

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games...

Everything passes away - suffering, pain, blood, hunger, pestilence. The sword will pass away too, b...

Everyone listened to this amusing narrative with great interest, and the moment that Behemoth conclu...

Jesus to Pilate:"The trouble is," the bound man went on, not stopping by anyone, "that you are too c...

Not fooling around, not bothering nobody, just sitting here mending the Primus," said the cat with a...

I believe you!' the artiste exclaimed finally and extinguishes his gaze. 'I do! These eyes are not l...

If you’ve been exiled, why don’t you send me word of yourself? People do send word. Have you stopped...

Follow me, reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the...

You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman...'You never can tell...' he answered.'Dostoevsky is dead,' ...

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation."I beg pardon,...

What is all this? Get him out of here, devil take me!” And that one, imagine, smiles and says: “Devi...

Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.

Why do smart people exist, if not to figure out convoluted problems?

You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, w...

Happiness is like good health: when you have it, you don’t notice it. But as the years go by, oh, th...

What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows ...

The whole horror of the situation is that he now has a human heart, not a dog's heart. And about the...