Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Ivan Bunin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian writer Ivan Bunin.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Ivan Bunin

Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.

You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life. — © Ivan Bunin
You should not have idle hands, you should always be working. All your life.
Words are one thing, deeds are quite another.
Such things and deeds as are not written down are covered with darkness, and given over to the sepulchre of oblivion.
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