Top Quotes & Sayings by Vasily Zhukovsky

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Vasily Zhukovsky

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna and later to her son, the future Tsar-Liberator Alexander II.

He who fox-like got his rank, Is wolf-like in his office. — © Vasily Zhukovsky
He who fox-like got his rank, Is wolf-like in his office.
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