Michail Bulgakov citáty

„Moudří lidé už dávno postřehli, že štěstí je jako zdraví: když člověku nechybí, ani o něm neví.“

—  Michail Bulgakov

„Dát administrátorovi po hubě, vystrnadit jednoho strejdu z domu, někoho postřelit nebo podobně- to je maličkost. Ale bavit se s ženskými o srdečních záležitostech, děkuju pěkně!“

—  Michail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Azazelo

„Nikdy o nic neproste! Nikdy, slyšíte, a zvlášť ne ty, kdo jsou mocnější než vy. Sami se nabídnou a vyhoví vám…“

—  Michail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Woland

„Záleží-li vám na dobrém trávení, dejte na mou radu: nemluvte při jídle o bolševismu a o medicíně. A chraň vás bůh, abyste před obědem vzal do rukou sovětské noviny….. Pacienti, kteří noviny nečtou, se cítí výborně. A když jsem je nutil - kvůli svému experimentu - číst Pravdu, ubývali na váze.“

—  Michail Bulgakov, kniha Psí srdce

Psí srdce, kap. III

„Co by dělalo dobro, kdyby zlo neexistovalo a jak by to na zemi vypadalo, kdyby zmizely stíny? Každý člověk i věc má přece svůj stín. Člověk nemůže vyplenit celou zeměkouli a vymýtit z ní vše jen proto, že neuznává světlo bez stínu."“

—  Michail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Woland

„…člověk je smrtelný, ale to by ještě nebylo tak velké neštěstí. Horší je, že ho smrt někdy zaskočí, v tom je ten háček. Tudíž nikdo nemůže ani s jistotou vědět, co ho čeká dnes večer.“

—  Michail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Mistr a Markétka

„The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Book One in 'Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream', B/O
Varianta: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never!
Zdroj: The Master and Margarita (1967)
Kontext: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.

„Everything will turn out right, the world is built on that.“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita

„What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov

„You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita

„But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Book One in 'Nikanor Ivanovich's Dream', B/O
The Master and Margarita (1967)
Kontext: The tongue can conceal the truth, but the eyes never! You're asked an unexpected question, you don't even flinch, it takes just a second to get yourself under control, you know just what you have to say to hide the truth, and you speak very convincingly, and nothing in your face twitches to give you away. But the truth, alas, has been disturbed by the question, and it rises up from the depths of your soul to flicker in your eyes and all is lost.

„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.“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Book Two in 'The Burial', B/O
The Master and Margarita (1967)
Kontext: 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.

„Follow me reader! Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar's vile tongue be cut out!“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Book Two in 'Margarita', P/V, opening lines of Book Two
Varianta: Who told you that there is no true, faithful, eternal love in this world! May the liar’s vile tongue be cut out!
Zdroj: The Master and Margarita (1967)

„But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita

„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, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Да, человек смертен, но это было бы ещё полбеды. Плохо то, что он иногда внезапно смертен, вот в чём фокус!
Book One in 'Never Talk with Strangers', P/V
Zdroj: The Master and Margarita (1967)

„Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.
The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.
"I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita

„Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita

„Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you!“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita

„just like a murderer jumps of nowhere in an ally, love jumped out in front of us and struck us both at once“

—  Mikhail Bulgakov, kniha Mistr a Markétka

Zdroj: The Master and Margarita