Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes


Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash.


Citations

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Translated by Ralph Parker, E. P. Dutton, 1963, p. 20.

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  • Born: December 11, 1918
  • Died: August 3, 2008
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Author

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of human rights abuses, the Gulag concentration camp system and political repression in the Soviet Union.