To speak the truth is easy and pleasant. Mikhail Bulgakov More Quotes by Mikhail Bulgakov More Quotes From Mikhail Bulgakov The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never! Mikhail Bulgakov tongueeyemay Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you! Mikhail Bulgakov old-thingsjobsmen Allow me to inquire how man can control his own affairs when he is not only incapable of compiling a plan for some laughably short term such as, say, a thousand years, but cannot even predict what will happen to him tomorrow? Mikhail Bulgakov tomorrowmenyears Why try to pursue what is completed? Mikhail Bulgakov pursuetrying He who never hurries is always on time. Mikhail Bulgakov and a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world. Mikhail Bulgakov stubbornfactsworld The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost. Mikhail Bulgakov eyesoulgiving I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person. Mikhail Bulgakov institutionseducatededucational Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there's no stopping it. Mikhail Bulgakov witchcraftstoppingwells Remove the document—and you remove the man. Mikhail Bulgakov removebureaucracymen the hope that there she would manage to regain her happiness made her fearless Mikhail Bulgakov fearlessmanagemade Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off Mikhail Bulgakov nakedskinsworry 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? Mikhail Bulgakov shadowevilgiving No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own. Mikhail Bulgakov fateinterest Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion. Mikhail Bulgakov suggestionsanimalmen The most amazing combinations can result if you shuffle the pack enough. Mikhail Bulgakov most-amazingresultsenough To struggle against censorship, whatever its nature, and whatever the power under which it exists, is my duty as a writer, as are calls for freedom of the press. I am a passionate supporter of that freedom, and I consider that if any writer were to imagine that he could prove he didn't need that freedom, then he would be like a fish affirming in public that it didn't need water. Mikhail Bulgakov strugglewould-bewater But worse things were about to be found in the bedroom: on the jeweller’s wife’s ottoman, in a casual pose, sprawled a third party- namely, a black cat of uncanny size, with a glass of vodka in one paw and a fork, on which he had managed to spear a pickled mushroom, in the other. , The Master and Magarita Mikhail Bulgakov catglassesparty just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once Mikhail Bulgakov murdereralliesfronts There's only one degree of freshness — the first, which makes it also the last Mikhail Bulgakov degreeslastsfirsts
