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Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer born on May 15, 1891, and died on March 10, 1940. Known for his unique humor and profound satire, his works include 'The Master and Margarita'.

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“Second freshness - that's what is nonsense! There is only one freshness - the first - and it is also the last. And if sturgeon is of the second freshness, that means it is simply rotten.”

Ifs Firsts Mean Lasts Nonsense Rotten Freshness

Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

“The procurator studied the new arrival with avid, and slightly fearful eyes. It was the kind of look one gives someone one has heard of and thought a lot about, and whom one is meeting for the first time.”

Giving Firsts Looks Kind Eye Heard First Time Meetings Fearful Arrivals Avid New Arrivals

Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

“In the first few seconds an aching sadness wrenched his heart, but it soon gave way to a feeling of sweet disquiet, the excitement of gypsy wanderlust”

Way Firsts Heart Feelings Sadness Sweet Excitement Seconds Gypsy

Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

“There's only one degree of freshness — the first, which makes it also the last”

Firsts Lasts Degrees Freshness

Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

“It must be added that from his first words the foreigner made a repellent impression on the poet, but Berlioz rather liked him - that is, not liked but . . . how to put it . . . was interested, or whatever.”

Firsts Made Poet Impression Foreigners Berlioz

Book:THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked.”

Firsts Children Long Long Time Wicked Cried Once Upon A Time

Author:Mikhail Bulgakov

About the Author

Born: May 15, 1891
Died: March 10, 1940
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 118

Books & Sources

The Master and MargaritaRelated source material

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Related source material

The master and Margarita [by] Mikhail BulgakovRelated source material

Heart of a DogRelated source material

Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov, a Life in Letters and DiariesRelated source material

MorphineRelated source material

The Master and Margarita (Vintage Classic Russians Series)Related source material

A Country Doctor's Notebook & The Fatal Eggs (Hardcover)Related source material

Master and Margarita: Translated from the RussianRelated source material

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