Russian literature Quote by Mikhail Bulgakov

“Man is mortal and, as has rightly been said, unexpectedly mortal.”

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“Man is mortal. This is his fate. Man pretends not to be mortal. That is his sin. Man is a creature of time and…

— Sylvan Barnet

Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“Men are men, mortal or not.”

— KC Randall

“Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly”

— Mikhail Bulgakov

“Too often, a man lives as if he will never die.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“all the works of mortal man have been doomed to mortality, and in the midst of things which have been destined to die, we…

— Seneca

“As you are aware, man, in his words, does not die; he is immortal in them, and they will speak after his death.”

— St. John of Kronstadt

“Few people nowadays know what man is. Many feel it intuitively and die more easily for that reason, just as I shall die more…

— Hermann Hesse

“Trying to provoke him into a terrifying sentence, I said: The only definitive thing is death. Yes, he said, but it isn't easy to…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“No matter how lucky a person is, the moment he decides he wants to die, there's nothing that will keep him alive.”

— Yu Hua

“Some things are worse than death... If a man lives, he must still live with himself.”

— Timothy B. Tyson