Ilya Ehrenburg

“If you have not killed at least one German a day, you have wasted that day.”

“A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. He is a man who has signed a contract with his conscience and his epoch.”

“A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.”

“I am a Russian writer, and as long as a single anti-Semite exists in the world, I will proudly say that I am a Jew.”

“Journalism is the art of coming too late as early as possible.”

“One has to live a long time to see the triumph of justice.”

“While the heart is still capable of feeling, it will not tire of hoping.”

“A bad peace is better than a good war.”

“The heart is a very small organ, but it can contain the whole world.”

“One cannot build a new life on the basis of a 'no'.”

“The world is not a theatre, and the play is badly written.”

“For a writer, his language is his passport.”

“Perhaps the most important thing of all, I learned that art must be served, but that it is a hard master.”

“To make a revolution is to live; to make a constitution is to exist.”

“You can't build a new world with old feelings.”