Quotes by Joseph Brodsky

Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad in 1940, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972, settling in the United States with the help of W. H.

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Man is what he reads.

- Joseph Brodsky

Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them there comes a moment when the center ceases to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but language.

- Joseph Brodsky

No matter how daring or cautious you may choose to be, in the course of your life, you are bound to come into direct physical contact with what's known as Evil. I mean here not a property of the gothic novel but, to say the least, a palpable social reality that you in no way can control.

- Joseph Brodsky

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

- Joseph Brodsky

Venice is eternity itself.

- Joseph Brodsky