Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Faina Ranevskaya

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an actress Faina Ranevskaya.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya, is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.

Actress | August 27, 1896 - July 19, 1984

Source: Wikipedia

Beauty is a horrible power.

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Family can replace everything. So, before starting a family, one should think what's more important: family or everything.

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Optimism is lack of information.

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It has always been incomprehensible for me: people are ashamed of the poverty but aren't ashamed of the wealth.

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It is a shame to confess but among all living creatures only man doesn't know what is useful for him.

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Old age is when you are not bothered with bad dreams, but with bad reality.

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Women critics are amazons in climax.

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If a woman walks with her head down - she has a lover! If a woman walks with her head proudly up - she has a lover! If a woman carries her head straight - she has a lover! And actually, if a woman has a head, she has a lover!

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Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing.

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My fortune is in the fact that I don't need it.

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Health is when it hurts in a new place every day.

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Women are, of course, more intelligent. Have you ever heard of a woman that would lose her head only because a man has pretty legs?

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I've been smart enough to have lived my life stupidly.

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You cannot cure sclerosis, but you can forget it.

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Aging is tedious, but it is the only way to live long.

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Success is the only unforgivable sin against your neighbor.

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If a patient wants to live, doctors are impotent.

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Spelling mistakes in a letter is like a bug on a white shirt.

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A fairytale is when you marry a frog and it turns out to be a princess. Reality is vice versa.

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God created women beautiful - so that men can love them - and stupid - so that they can love men.

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When you get married, you'll understand what happiness is. But then it will be too late.

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A real man is one who remembers the lady's birthday, but never knows how old she is. A man who never remembers her birthday, but knows exactly how old she is, - is her husband.

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