Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes
You get no thanks from your belly-it always forgets what you've just done for it and comes begging again the next day.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Translated by Ralph Parker, E. P. Dutton, 1963, p. 104.
Salisbury had always been opposed to colonial adventurism and was opposed to the jingo segment of English society associated with his Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain. Nonetheless, Britain became more embroiled in Africa. Salisbury’s explanation was in French: “L’appetit vient en mangeant.”
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.