About Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; Russian: Иосиф Александрович Бродский [ɪˈosʲɪf ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈbrotskʲɪj] ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly advised" to emigrate)...
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.
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It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
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The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.