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> [“Life repeats Shakespearian themes more often than we think. Did Lady Macbeth, Richard III, and King Claudius exist only in the Middle Ages? Shylock wanted to cut a pound of flesh from the body of the merchant of Venice. Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/life-repeats-shakespearian-themes-more-often-than-we-think-did-lady/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

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## More by Varlam Shalamov

> [“We realized that life, even the worst of life, consists of an alternation of joys and sorrow, successes and failure more than the successes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/we-realized-that-life-even-the-worst-of-life-consists-of-an/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [“I remember the old northern legend of how God created the taiga while he was still a child. There were few colors, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/i-remember-the-old-northern-legend-of-how-god-created-the-taiga-while/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [If bones could freeze, then the brain could also be dulled and the soul could freeze over. And the soul shuddered and froze- perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/if-bones-could-freeze-then-the-brain-could-also-be-dulled-and-the/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [“Not a lot of flesh was left on my bones. This flesh sufficed only for malice, the last human feeling to go. Not indifference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/not-a-lot-of-flesh-was-left-on-my-bones-this-flesh-sufficed-only-for/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [There is a much that a man should not see, should not know, and if he should see it, it is better for him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/there-is-a-much-that-a-man-should-not-see-should-not-know-and-if-he/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [A human being survives by his ability to forget. Memory is always ready to blot out the bad and retain only the good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/a-human-being-survives-by-his-ability-to-forget-memory-is-always/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [“Tragedy is not deep and sharp if it can be shared with friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/tragedy-is-not-deep-and-sharp-if-it-can-be-shared-with-friend/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

> [“Life repeats Shakespearian themes more often than we think. Did Lady Macbeth, Richard III, and King Claudius exist only in the Middle Ages? Shylock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/varlam-shalamov/life-repeats-shakespearian-themes-more-often-than-we-think-did-lady/)

[Varlam Shalamov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/varlam-shalamov/)

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