The greatest wealth of a people is its language!
For thousands of years, countless treasures of human thought and experience accumulate and live forever in the word.
M. A. Sholokhov.
The word is the deed.
L. N. Tolstoy.
The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed.
M. Gorky.
Language is the clothing of thoughts.
S. Johnson.
May there be honor and glory to our language.
N. M. Karamzin.
As a material for literature, the Slavic Russian language has undeniable superiority over all European languages.
A. S. Pushkin.
The Russian people are the first people in the world in terms of their glory and power, in terms of their sonorous, rich, powerful language, which has no analogue in Europe!
V. K. Kuchelbecker.
Every nation has distinguished itself in its own way, each with its own word, with which, expressing whatever object it is, it reflects in its expression a part of its own character.
The word of a Briton will echo with heart knowledge and wise knowledge of life;
The short-lived word of a Frenchman will flash and spread like a light dandy; the German will intricately come up with his own, not accessible to everyone, clever and thin word;
but there is no word that would be so sweeping, brisk, that would burst out from under the very heart,
it would boil and vibrate, as aptly said Russian word.
N.V. Gogol.
You can do wonders with the Russian language.
There is nothing in life and in our consciousness that cannot be conveyed in Russian words.
The sound of music, the spectral brilliance of colors, the play of light, the noise and shadow of gardens, the vagueness of sleep, the heavy rumble of a thunderstorm, the whisper of children and the rustle of sea gravel.
There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.
K. G. Paustovsky.
Native speech is the basis of the Fatherland. Do not muddy the Divine spring, Protect yourself: the soul gives birth to the word - our Great Holy Russian language.
Hieromonk Roman.
Language is a heritage received from ancestors and left to descendants, a legacy that must be treated with fear and respect, as something sacred, invaluable and inaccessible to insult.
F. Nietzsche.
We must protect our language from contamination, remembering that the words we use now, with the transfer of a certain number of new ones, will serve many centuries after you to express ideas and thoughts still unknown to us, to create new poetic creations that are beyond our prediction. And we should be deeply grateful to previous generations who brought to us this heritage - a figurative, capacious, intelligent language. It itself already contains all the elements of art: harmonious syntactic architecture, and the music of words, verbal painting.
A. Herzen.
Speech must comply with the laws of logic.
Aristotle.
Language is the confession of the people, His soul and way of life are native.
P. A. Vyazemsky.
A beautiful thought loses all its value if it is poorly expressed.
Voltaire.
The Slavic-Russian language, according to the testimony of foreign aesthetes themselves, is not inferior to Latin either in courage, Greek or smoothness, it surpasses everything European languages: Italian, Spanish and French, not to mention German.
G. Derzhavin.
We are spoiling the Russian language. We use foreign words unnecessarily. And we use them incorrectly. Why say “defects” when you can say gaps, shortcomings, shortcomings? Isn’t it time to declare war on the use of foreign words without any particular need?
Lenin.
What is language? First of all, this is not only a way to express your thoughts, but also to create your thoughts. Language has the opposite effect. A person who turns his thoughts, his ideas, his feelings into language is also, as it were, permeated by this method of expression.
A. N. Tolstoy.
The immortality of a people is in its language.
Ch. Aitmatov.
Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors! Treat this powerful weapon with respect; in skillful hands it is capable of performing miracles.
I. S. Turgenev.
Take care of the purity of your language as a sacred thing! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us.
I. S. Turgenev.
New words of foreign origin are introduced into the Russian press incessantly and often completely unnecessarily, and - what is most offensive - these harmful exercises are practiced in the very organs where the Russian nationality and its characteristics are most ardently advocated.
N. S. Leskov.
To use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to insult both common sense and common taste.
V. G. Belinsky.
The perception of other people's words, especially without necessity, is not enrichment, but damage to the language.
A. P. Sumarokov.
Our native language should be the main basis of our general education and the education of each of us.
P. A. Vyazemsky.
The Russian language is a language created for poetry; it is extremely rich and remarkable mainly for the subtlety of its shades.
P. Merimee.
The Slavic-Russian language, according to the testimony of foreign aestheticians themselves, is not inferior either to Latin or to Greek in fluency, surpassing all European languages: Italian, French and Spanish, and even more so German.
G. Derzhavin.
Russian language in in capable hands and in experienced lips - beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious.
A. Kuprin.
To use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to insult both common sense and common taste.
V. Belinsky.
You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and, truly, another name is even more precious than the thing itself.
N. Gogol.
How beautiful the Russian language is! All the advantages of German without its terrible rudeness.
F. Engels.
There is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, would burst out from under the very heart, would seethe and vibrate so much as a well-spoken Russian word.
N. Gogol.
The more national we are, the more we will be Europeans (all people).
F. Dostoevsky.
Only by mastering the original material as perfectly as possible, that is, native language, we will be able to master a foreign language as perfectly as possible, but not before.
F. Dostoevsky.
There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.
K. Paustovsky.
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, oh great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how can I not fall into despair at the sight of everything that is happening at home? But It is impossible to believe that such a language was not given to a great people!
I. Turgenev.
The language is inexhaustible in combining words.
The richer the language is in expressions and turns of phrase, the better for a skilled writer.
The importance of the Russian language is difficult to overestimate, since it is not just a means of communication between people in Russia, but a real treasure of a nation with a rich history and extensive roots. Many famous writers praised the Russian style both in their works and in simple statements, which later became popular or turned into quotes about the Russian language. They are relevant to this day: not a single judgment about the speech of compatriot thinkers has lost its meaning. Statements about the Russian language by great people should be remembered when analyzing literary works.
In almost all the works of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, the central position is occupied by the Russian people - their character, way of life, cultural and moral principles. In his novels the writer special attention devoted to a description of the Russian mentality, his customs, and also often turned to descriptions of the nature of Rus'.
Turgenev became the first writer who received recognition not only within his homeland, but also abroad, as he traveled: Ivan Sergeevich spent especially a lot of time in French lands. The most popular works of Turgenev include “Notes of a Hunter”, “Asya”, “Fathers and Sons”.
The prose writer spoke a lot about the greatness of language, its special significance in public culture. The author notes:
The writer often called for protecting the Russian language as a huge value and the dignity of Russians, speaking about it practically as a living being:
Turgenev speaks of Russians with respectful reverence. In his opinion, language is one of the greatest riches in Russia, which must be treated with caution.
What Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin wrote about language
Kuprin, a master of landscape description, also spoke about speech. Literature lovers especially remember the writer for his works “The Garnet Bracelet,” “The Duel,” and “Moloch.” In his work, Kuprin pays great attention to detail, developing each character, each natural description, each animal so that every little thing acquires depth and meaning.
Kuprin is one of the writers with the most ambitious storytelling style. The writer in his works often addresses the problems of love-hate, strength-weakness, despair and the will to live, combining opposite qualities simultaneously in a single hero.
Kuprin speaks about the language:
The writer speaks respectfully about linguistic culture, noting that the Russian language does not tolerate disparaging use:
Statements by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
According to some critics and contemporaries of Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich became the discoverer of a new direction in the history of literature - the “natural school”. The writer influenced the work of many other authors who worked in satirical directions - Chernyshevsky, Nekrasov, Saltykov-Shchadrin. The most famous are the works of Gogol “ Dead souls", "The Overcoat", "The Inspector General", "Notes of a Madman".
Gogol turned to the topic of language following Pushkin. This idea was not the least important in all of his work. The writer fought to preserve the purity of the style, its originality, considering the Russian language euphonious and valuable:
Gogol compared Russian with other common foreign dialects, emphasizing its greatness and complexity:
Words by Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
Belinsky is not so much a writer as a literary critic, recognized as one of the most demanding in terms of the quality of the works he analyzes. His activities were distinguished by a certain revolutionary orientation, since he considered their nationality to be the leading principle of the analysis of novels.
The critic was the first to divide all literature into ideal and real - the latter, in his opinion, reflected life as it is, while ideal gave an incorrect reflection of reality. Belinsky openly admired the works of Gogol, as well as Pushkin. One of Belinsky’s most ambitious essays can be considered a cycle of 11 articles on the works of A.S. Pushkin.
The critic loved speech and considered language to be self-sufficient and not subject to substitution:
The writer assessed the Russian language as rich:
Quotes from Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
Lomonosov plays a key role in the development of linguistics and rhetoric in Rus', since it was he who created the “Russian Grammar”, where he introduced the concept of transcription of words, parts of speech, and spelling. Mikhail Vasilyevich was the first person to talk about stylistics and techniques of artistic expressiveness of speech.
Lomonosov was the first person to establish a clear distinction between secular and ecclesiastical dialects. The thinker studied the problems of Russian linguistics and stylistics almost all his life. In addition, Lomonosov paid a lot of attention to the study of Russian dialects characteristic of representatives of different localities and regions of Rus'.
What did Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin say about the Russian language?
Pushkin, “the sun of Russian poetry,” spoke similarly about the meaning of speech in Rus'. The poet made an invaluable contribution to the development of literature. The poet knew how to see the essence and mentality of different eras and nations, which made it possible to find for them the most psychologically accurate prototypes in his works.
Among the writer’s iconic works one can note the cycle of Belkin’s stories, the stories “The Station Agent”, “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman”. To this day, the works of " Queen of Spades", "The Stingy Knight", "Dubrovsky", "Gypsies", "Eugene Onegin".
Pushkin could not help but appreciate the importance of the Russian language, as well as its richness and grandeur. The poet knew many other dialects at the level of understanding, spoke fluent French, while describing Russian as the most extensive language of all known to him:
“As a material for literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European languages.”
The writer also noted the versatility of speech in Rus', using short but succinct phrases:
“The richer the language in expressions and turns of phrase, the better for a skilled writer.”
Pushkin became not only a world-famous writer, but also the founder of completely new trends in literature. The poet had a strong influence on the work of Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov. The writer’s work is known both in Russia and abroad.
Words by Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky significantly influenced the development of Russian literature during the revolutionary years. Through his novels, the writer managed to create a special mood of the working class associated with social transformations. Alexey Peshkov (the writer's real name and surname) was able to accurately reflect the mentality of the proletariat during the years of radical social changes.
The writer also became the founder of new children's literature, the main goal of which was to educate people with:
- an extensive knowledge base about the structure and functioning of the world;
- developed will;
- great abilities.
Among Gorky's popular fairy tales are “Samovar” and “Sparrow”.
Maxim Gorky could not help but appreciate the power of the Russian style, its importance for shaping a person’s worldview and view of reality. The writer noted that Russian is laconic but to the point:
“Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness and strength.”
Peshkov also spoke about the dynamics of the language - according to the writer, the Russian language has many prerequisites for expansion and development, its structure is being transformed and improved constantly, very quickly:
“The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed.”
Quotes from Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Paustovsky gained wide worldwide fame as an author capable of looking at the world from a lyrical point of view. The writer paid special attention to the description of high human ideals in his works, such as love, friendship, fidelity.
Paustovsky was noted by critics as a prose writer who loves and appreciates the nature of Rus'. Through landscape motifs, the author creates a special, unique atmosphere in his works, conveying moral ideas through abstract concepts.
Paustovsky is a children's author. The most famous works of the writer for children include the fairy tales “Hare’s Paws”, “Cat Thief”, “Badger’s Nose”.
The prose writer could not help but admire the Russian style. Paustovsky noted its organic nature and diversity:
The writer drew attention to Russian punctuation, highlighting its special significance in the formation of written thought:
Quotes from Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov discovered his talent for writing in his first year medical university. His studies played a decisive role in his entire literary activity - many of the heroes of Chekhov's stories were doctors.
In his stories and plays, the author raises problems of universal human values - love, honor and freedom. At the same time, there is no idealization of reality in his work - all events are reflected as they actually appear. Chekhov succeeded in both prose and drama, which could not but affect his work: the prose acquired the laconicism, stagecraft and brevity characteristic of plays. Dramatic works used purely prosaic features, which gave the plays innovation.
A distinctive feature of Chekhov's works is their brevity - the writer's style is short, but precise and bright. The author himself noted the importance of such a quality as simplicity of speech:
“Beware of refined language. The language should be simple and elegant."
Chekhov was also attentive to the purity of language - the writer believed that the euphony of speech consists of the euphony of the pronunciation of the words themselves that make up the text:
“Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I don’t like words with a lot of hissing and whistling sounds, I avoid them.”
Among the most widespread works of Chekhov, in which one can trace the author’s speech style, are the plays “The Seagull”, “Anniversary”, “Wedding”, “Ivanov”, “The Bear” and “The Proposal”. The writer has published many stories in prose, for example, “Ward No. 6.”
Words by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky adhered to the ideas of realism in storytelling. The central theme of Dostoevsky's novels was the reflection of the life of a little man under the yoke of social reality. The writer’s creativity is psychological: Dostoevsky delves into the psychology of the people he reflects, trying to identify the motives of their behavior.
The author believes that little man should not suffer from social changes, many of which placed such people in a position of poverty. Dostoevsky often turned to spiritual philosophy, raising philosophical, anthropological, religious, ethical and historical issues era.
Among the writer’s iconic novels are the works “Crime and Punishment”, “Poor People”, “The Idiot”, “Teenager”, “The Brothers Karamazov” and “Demons”.
Dostoevsky considered learning a language, especially his native language, to be a very important aspect of human life. According to the writer, trying to learn foreign languages is pointless until a person completely masters his own:
Great writers often turn to linguistic themes in their memoirs, essays, and novels. Their creativity is permeated with sincere love for their native language. The authors call for preserving the Russian language as an invaluable heritage, as well as important aspect culture. The statements of great people about the Russian language show the significance and importance of our native language.
Take care of the properties of your own language, because what we love in the Latin, French or German style is sometimes worthy of laughter in Russian.
M. Lomonosov
V. Belinsky
A. Kuprin
F.M.Dostoevsky
You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and, truly, another name is even more precious than the thing itself.
N.V.Gogol
K. Paustovsky
Language is the centuries-old work of an entire generation.
V. I. Dal
New words of foreign origin are introduced into the Russian press incessantly and often completely unnecessarily, and - what is most offensive - these harmful exercises are practiced in the very organs where the Russian nationality and its characteristics are most ardently advocated.
N. S. Leskov
The people express themselves most fully in their language. A people and a language, one without the other, cannot be represented.
I. I. Sreznevsky
Language is the most precious treasure of a people, the first means of its development and the guarantee of all spiritual successes, the main right to glory in posterity.
M. P. Pogodin
Language is the confession of the people, / Its soul and way of life are native.
P. A. Vyazemsky
...It is not for nothing that long-suffering peoples, enduring the most terrible blows of fate, cannot only endure the death of their native word...
N. A. Kotlyarevsky
The incorrect use of words leads to errors in the field of thought and then in the practice of life.
D. Pisarev
Where the word has not perished, the deed has not yet perished.
A. I. Herzen
The heavenly beauty of our language / Will never be trampled upon by cattle.
M. V. Lomonosov
Based on the attitude of each person to his language, one can accurately judge not only his cultural level, but also his civic value. True love for one’s country is inconceivable without love for one’s language. A person who is indifferent to his language is a savage. His indifference to the language is explained by his complete indifference to the past and future of his people.
K.G.Paustovsky
Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language, this treasure, this heritage passed on to us by our predecessors... Treat this powerful weapon with respect, in the hands of skilled people it can perform miracles. Take care of the purity of your language as if it were a sacred thing. Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and deep that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us.
I.S. Turgenev
We have been given possession of the richest, most accurate, powerful and truly magical Russian language. True love for one's country is unthinkable without love for one's language. We learn language and must learn it continuously until the last days of our lives.
I.S. Turgenev
Language is a tool of thinking. To handle language in a haphazard manner means to think haphazardly: imprecisely, approximately, incorrectly.
A. N. Tolstoy
There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in the Russian language; everything excites, breathes, lives.
A. S. Khomyakov
The immortality of a people is in its language.
Ch. Aitmatov
There are a great many good words for everything in the Russian language.
K.G.Paustovsky
Rich, sonorous, lively, flexible in stress and infinitely varied in onomatopoeia, capable of conveying the finest shades Endowed, like Greek, with almost limitless creative thought, the Russian language seems to us created for poetry.
P. Merimee
The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years, countless treasures of human thought and experience accumulate and live forever in the word.
M. A. Sholokhov
The word is the deed.
L.N. Tolstoy
The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed.
M. Gorky
As a material for literature, the Slavic Russian language has undeniable superiority over all European languages.
A.S. Pushkin
The Russian people are the first people in the world in terms of their glory and power, in terms of their sonorous, rich, powerful language, which has no analogue in Europe!
V.K.Kuchelbecker
Native speech is the basis of the Fatherland.
Do not muddy the Divine spring,
Protect yourself: the soul gives birth to a word -
The Great Svyatorussky is our language.
Hieromonk Roman
Language is a heritage received from ancestors and left to descendants, a legacy that must be treated with fear and respect, as something sacred, invaluable and inaccessible to insult.
F. Nietzsche
We must protect our language from contamination, remembering that the words we use now - with the transfer of a certain number of new ones - will serve many centuries after you to express ideas and thoughts still unknown to us, to create new poetic creations that are beyond our foresight. And we should be deeply grateful to previous generations who brought this heritage to us - figurative, capacious, intelligent language. It itself already contains all the elements of art: harmonious syntactic architecture, music of words, verbal painting.
S.Ya.Marshak
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N.V. Gogol
There is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, would burst out from under the very heart, would seethe and vibrate so much as a well-spoken Russian word.
M. Gorky
The Russian language is quite rich, but it has its own shortcomings, and one of them is hissing sound combinations: - lice, - lice, - vshu, - shcha, - shchi. On the first page of your story, lice crawl in large numbers: those who arrived, those who worked, those who spoke. It is quite possible to do without insects.
F. M. Dostoevsky
Only having mastered the initial material, that is, our native language, to the possible perfection, will we be able to master a foreign language to the possible perfection, but not before.
V. I. Lenin
We are spoiling the Russian language. We use foreign words unnecessarily. We use them incorrectly. Why say “defects” when you can say shortcomings, or shortcomings, or gaps?.. Isn’t it time for us to declare war on the use of foreign words unnecessarily?
A. I. Kuprin
Language is the history of a people. Language is the path of civilization and culture. That is why studying and preserving the Russian language is not an idle activity because there is nothing to do, but an urgent necessity.
K. G. Paustovsky
There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.
A. P. Chekhov
Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I don’t like words with a lot of hissing and whistling sounds, so I avoid them.
I. S. Turgenev
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, oh great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how can one not fall into despair at the sight of everything that is happening at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!
V. G. Belinsky
To use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to insult both common sense and common taste.
V. G. Belinsky
By necessity, many foreign words entered the Russian language, because many foreign concepts and ideas entered Russian life. This phenomenon is not new... Inventing your own terms to express other people's concepts is very difficult, and in general this work is rarely successful. Therefore, with a new concept that one takes from another, he takes the very word expressing this concept. [...] an unsuccessfully invented Russian word to express the concept is not only not better, but decidedly worse than the foreign word.
N. S. Leskov
New words of foreign origin are introduced into the Russian press incessantly and often completely unnecessarily, and - what is most offensive of all - these harmful exercises are practiced in the very organs where Russian nationality and its characteristics are most passionately advocated.
Prosper Merimee
The Russian language is a language created for poetry; it is extremely rich and remarkable mainly for the subtlety of its shades.
G. R. Derzhavin
The Slavic-Russian language, according to the testimony of foreign aestheticians themselves, is not inferior either to Latin or to Greek in fluency, surpassing all European languages: Italian, French and Spanish, and even more so German.
Friedrich Engels
How beautiful the Russian language is! All the advantages of German without its terrible rudeness.
F. M. Dostoevsky
The more national we are, the more we will be Europeans (all people).
A. I. Kuprin
The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious.
Statements outstanding writers about the Russian language
Russian language! For millennia, the people created this flexible, magnificent, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent, poetic and laborious instrument of their social life, your thoughts, your feelings, your hopes, your anger, your great future. A. N. Tolstoy
The Russian language is, first of all, Pushkin - the indestructible mooring of the Russian language. These are Lermontov, Leo Tolstoy, Leskov, Chekhov, Gorky.
A. Ya. Tolstoy
The language, which the Russian state rules over a great part of the world, has a natural abundance, beauty and strength in its power, which is not inferior to any European language. And for this reason, there is no doubt that the Russian word could not be brought to such perfection as we are surprised at in others. M. V. Lomonosov
Our Russian language, more than all the new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching the classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of arrangement, and abundance of forms. Y. A. Dobrolyubov
That the Russian language is one of the richest languages in the world, there is no doubt about it. V. G. Belinsky
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland - you alone are my support and support, oh great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language!.., it is impossible to believe that such a language was not given to a great people! I. S. Turgenev
You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and, truly, another name is even more precious than the thing itself. N.V. Gogol
The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious. A. I. Kuprin
May there be honor and glory to our language, which in its native richness, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud, majestic river - it makes noise, thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, gurgles like a gentle brook and sweetly flows into the soul, forming all the measures that consist only in the fall and rise of the human voice! N. M. Karamzin
We have been given possession of the richest, most accurate, powerful and truly magical Russian language. K. G. Paustovsky
The Russian language is fully revealed in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know their people “to the bone” and feel the hidden charm of our land.
K. G. Paustovsky
The Russian language is a language created for poetry; it is extremely rich and remarkable mainly for the subtlety of its shades. P. Merimee
The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed. M. Gorky
Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language - this is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors! Handle this powerful tool with respect.
I. S. Turgenev
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Reviews
Thank you, Evelina, for the selection of classic sayings about the Russian language! Thank you for your concern, as well as for your love for the Russian language, which so many people lack. And the love of experimenting with the language of some “poets” often confuses me. I have some thoughts, but they need to be put in order, so for now I’m just reading the statements of great people and trying to treat the “great and mighty” with care.
Thank you, Irina!
Yes, reading the thoughts of great people is really interesting and instructive! I think our thoughts are no less interesting, therefore, don’t be modest and don’t “comb them” too much! Let them be what they came to mind.))) Let’s discuss, talk, maybe we’ll find our own aphorisms!)))
Best regards, Elvina
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Russian language!
For millennia, this flexible, lush, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent,poetic and labor instrument of one’s social life, one’s thoughts, one’s feelings,your hopes, your anger, your great future. A. V. Tolstoy
May there be honor and glory to our language, which in its very native richness, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud majestic river - it makes noise and thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, gurgles like a gentle brook and sweetly pours into the soul, forming everything measures that consist only in the fall and rise of the human voice! Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin
True love for one's country is unthinkable without love for one's language.Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Our beautiful language, under the pen of uneducated and inexperienced writers, is rapidly declining. Words are distorted. Grammar fluctuates. Spelling, this heraldry of the language, changes at the will of one and all. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like the pearl itself, and, truly, another name is even more precious than the thing itself. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
In days of doubt, in days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, oh great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how can one not fall into despair at the sight of everything that is happening at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people! Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Pushkin also spoke about punctuation marks. They exist to highlight a thought, bring words into the correct relationship, and give a phrase ease and proper sound. Punctuation marks are like musical notations. They hold the text firmly and do not allow it to crumble. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Language is the history of the people. Language is the path of civilization and culture. That is why learning and preserving the Russian language is not an idle hobby with nothing to do, but an urgent necessity. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin
To use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to insult both common sense and common taste. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and capacious. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin
Language is a ford across the river of time, it leads us to the home of the departed; but no one who is afraid of deep water will be able to come there. Vladislav Markovich Illich-Svitych
Strive to enrich the mind and beautify the Russian word. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, this is an asset passed on to us by our predecessors! Handle this powerful tool with respect; in skillful hands it is capable of performing miracles. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Only having mastered the initial material, that is, our native language, to the possible perfection, will we be able to master a foreign language to the possible perfection, but not before. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I don’t like words with a lot of hissing and whistling sounds, so I avoid them. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The word of a Briton will echo with heartfelt knowledge and wise knowledge of life; The short-lived word of the Frenchman will flash and scatter like a light dandy; the German will intricately come up with his own clever and thin word, which is not accessible to everyone; but there is no word that would be so sweeping, lively, so bursting out from under the very heart, so seething and vibrantly trembling, like a well-spoken Russian word. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
The language that the Russian state commands over a great part of the world, due to its power, has natural abundance, beauty and strength, which is not inferior to any European language. And there is no doubt that the Russian word could not be brought to such perfection as we are surprised at in others.Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
Our Russian language, more than all the new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching the classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of arrangement, and abundance of forms. Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov
That the Russian language is one of the richest languages in the world, there is no doubt about it. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
The main character of our language lies in the extreme ease with which everything is expressed in it - abstract thoughts, internal lyrical feelings, “the scurrying of life,” a cry of indignation, sparkling prank and amazing passion. Alexander Ivanovich Herzen
Nothing is so ordinary for us, nothing seems so simple as our speech, but in our very being there is nothing as surprising, as wonderful as our speech. Alexander Nikolaevich Radishchev
Among the magnificent qualities of our language, there is one that is absolutely amazing and hardly noticeable. It lies in the fact that its sound is so diverse that it contains the sound of almost all the languages of the world. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
The Russian language is fully revealed in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know their people “to the bone” and feel the hidden charm of our land. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
There is one significant fact: we are still on ourin an unsettled and young language we can conveythe deepest forms of spirit and thought of European languages.Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
The natural richness of the Russian language and speech is so great that without further ado, listening to the times with your heart, in close communication with the common man and with a volume of Pushkin in your pocket, you can become an excellent writer. Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin
The Russian language, as far as I can judge of it, is the richest of all European dialects and seems deliberately created to express the subtlest shades. Gifted with wonderful conciseness, combined with clarity, he is content with one word to convey thoughts when another language would require whole phrases for this. Prosper Merimee
The beauty, greatness, strength and richness of the Russian language is abundantly clear from books written in past centuries, when our ancestors not only did not know any rules for writing, but they hardly even thought that they existed or could exist. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness and strength. Maxim Gorky
The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is being enriched with amazing speed. Maxim Gorky
The perception of other people's words, especially without necessity, is not enrichment, but damage to the language. Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov
I do not consider foreign words good and suitable if only they can be replaced by purely Russian or more Russified ones. We must protect our rich and beautiful language from damage. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov
There is no doubt that the desire to replete Russian speech with foreign words without need, without sufficient reason, is disgusting common sense and sound taste; but it does not harm the Russian language or Russian literature, but only those who are obsessed with it. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
Our native language should be the main basis of our general education and the education of each of us. Petr Andreevich Vyazemsky
We must love and preserve those examples of the Russian language that we inherited from first-class masters. Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov
Language is important for a patriot. Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin
By the attitude of each person to his language, one can accurately judge not only his cultural level, but also his civic value. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Language is the history of a people. Language is the path of civilization and culture... Therefore, studying and preserving the Russian language is not an idle activity because there is nothing better to do, but an urgent necessity. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin
Knowledge of Russian language, - language, which fully deserves study both in itself, because it is one of the strongest and richest living languages, and for the sake of the literature it reveals, is now not such a rarity. Friedrich Engels
The heavenly beauty of our language will never be trampled upon by cattle. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
As a material for literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European ones. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
There are no sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
To handle the language somehow means to think somehow: approximately, imprecisely, incorrectly. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Language is an image of everything that existed, exists and will exist - everything that the human mental eye can embrace and comprehend. Alexey Fedorovich Merzlyakov
Language is the confession of the people, His soul and way of life are native. Petr Andreevich Vyazemsky
The Slavic-Russian language, according to the testimony of foreign aesthetes themselves, is not inferior to Latin either in courage, Greek or fluency, and surpasses all European languages: Italian, Spanish and French, not to mention German. Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin
What is language? First of all, it is not only a way to express your thoughts, but also to create your thoughts. Language has the opposite effect. A person who turns his thoughts, his ideas, his feelings into language... he is also, as it were, permeated by this way of expression. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy
It's not scary to lie dead under bullets,
It's not bitter to be homeless,
And we will save you, Russian speech,
The Great Russian Word.
We will carry you free and clean,
We will give it to our grandchildren and save us from captivity
Forever. Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
Follow the rule persistently: so that words are cramped and thoughts are spacious. Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov
There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in the Russian language; everything excites, breathes, lives. Alexey Stepanovich Khomyakov
The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years, countless treasures of human thought and experience accumulate and live forever in the word. Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov
The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich, and everything is being enriched with amazing speed. Maxim Gorky
The richer the language is in expressions and turns of phrase, the better for a skilled writer. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
Beware of refined language. The language should be simple and elegant. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Tongue and gold are our dagger and poison. Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov
The language of a people is the best, never fading and ever-blooming flower of their entire spiritual life. Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky
Charles V, the Roman Emperor, used to say that it is proper to speak in Spanish with God, in French with friends, in German with the enemy, and in Italian with the female sex. But if he knew Russian, then of course he would have added that it is decent for them to speak to everyone, because... I would find in it the splendor of Spanish, and the liveliness of French, and the strength of German, and the tenderness of Italian, and the richness and strong imagery of Latin and Greek language. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
No matter what you say, your native language will always remain native. When you want to speak to your heart’s content, not a single French word comes to mind, but if you want to shine, then it’s a different matter. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
