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> [There is no greater tragedy for a man than a total lack of character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/there-is-no-greater-tragedy-for-a-man-than-a-total-lack-of-character/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

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## Other authors on Being a man

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## More by Sergei Dovlatov

> [We are not better than native born Americans, and of course not smarter. We’ve just been to the last stop of this bus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/we-are-not-better-than-native-born-americans-and-of-course-not/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [“I had three long conversations with Marusya over a cup of coffee. She told me her whole rather silly story. To some degree we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/i-had-three-long-conversations-with-marusya-over-a-cup-of-coffee-she/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [Sales were lukewarm. Back home there was no freedom, but there were readers. Here there was freedom enough, but readers were missing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/sales-were-lukewarm-back-home-there-was-no-freedom-but-there-were/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [Our life is but a grain of sand in the indifferent ocean of infinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/our-life-is-but-a-grain-of-sand-in-the-indifferent-ocean-of-infinity/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [Let's assume there really is no such thing as happiness, no such thing as peace, and no freedom either. But there are kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/let-s-assume-there-really-is-no-such-thing-as-happiness-no-such-thing/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [If people are rude in Moscow, at least it's in Russian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/if-people-are-rude-in-moscow-at-least-it-s-in-russian/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [There is no greater tragedy for a man than a total lack of character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/there-is-no-greater-tragedy-for-a-man-than-a-total-lack-of-character/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

> [There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-dovlatov/there-s-a-reason-every-book-even-one-that-isn-t-very-serious-is/)

[Sergei Dovlatov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-dovlatov/)

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