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> [“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/after-a-tragedy-a-farce-philosophy-enters-into-her-power-and-the/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

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> [“Although we had had no precise exponents of realism, yet after Pushkin it was impossible for a Russian writer to depart too far from actuality. Even those who did not know what to do with "real life" had to cope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/although-we-had-had-no-precise-exponents-of-realism-yet-after-pushkin/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

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## More by Lev Shestov

> [“Art, science, love, inspiration, ideals—choose out all the words with which humanity is wont, or has been in the past, to be consoled or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/art-science-love-inspiration-ideals-choose-out-all-the-words-with/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/after-a-tragedy-a-farce-philosophy-enters-into-her-power-and-the/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“He did not want to be original; he made superhuman efforts to be like everybody else: but there is no escaping one's destiny.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/he-did-not-want-to-be-original-he-made-superhuman-efforts-to-be-like/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“So long as the child was fed on its mother's milk, everything seemed to it smooth and easy. But when it had to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/so-long-as-the-child-was-fed-on-its-mother-s-milk-everything-seemed/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Yet, with all his acuteness, it did not occur to him that Europe was not in the least to blame for his disillusionment. Europe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/yet-with-all-his-acuteness-it-did-not-occur-to-him-that-europe-was/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Aproape de fiecare data cand se refera la moarte, Socrate repeta, in opera lui Platon, cuvintele lui Euripide. Nimeni nu stie daca viata nu…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/aproape-de-fiecare-data-cand-se-refera-la-moarte-socrate-repeta-in/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Furthermore, as long as the world shall last, there will always be people who, either for the sake of peace or from an unquiet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/furthermore-as-long-as-the-world-shall-last-there-will-always-be/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Although we had had no precise exponents of realism, yet after Pushkin it was impossible for a Russian writer to depart too far from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/although-we-had-had-no-precise-exponents-of-realism-yet-after-pushkin/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“They certified that I was sane; but I know that I am mad." This confession gives us the key to what is most important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/they-certified-that-i-was-sane-but-i-know-that-i-am-mad-this/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“More striking still, a broken man is generally deprived of everything except the ability to acknowledge and feel his position.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/more-striking-still-a-broken-man-is-generally-deprived-of-everything/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Anton Chekhov tells the truth neither out of love or respect for the truth, nor yet because, in the Kantian manner, a high duty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/anton-chekhov-tells-the-truth-neither-out-of-love-or-respect-for-the/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Even Pushkin, who could understand everything, did not grasp the real significance of Dead Souls. He thought that the author was grieving for Russia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/even-pushkin-who-could-understand-everything-did-not-grasp-the-real/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“It is necessary to choose: if you wish to be an empiricist, you must abandon the hope of founding scientific knowledge on a solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/it-is-necessary-to-choose-if-you-wish-to-be-an-empiricist-you-must/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Practical advice.—People who read much must always keep it in mind that life is one thing, literature another. Not that authors invariably lie. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/practical-advice-people-who-read-much-must-always-keep-it-in-mind/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

> [“Kada bi Darvin video u životu ono što je video Dostojevski, on ne bi govorio o zakonu samoodržanja nego o zakonu samouništenja.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/kada-bi-darvin-video-u-ivotu-ono-to-je-video-dostojevski-on-ne-bi/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

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