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Three statements about the Russian language of famous people. Quotes about Russian

Famous and wise sayings about the Russian language of Russian writers and famous people:

“Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, it is a property handed down to us by our predecessors! Treat this mighty weapon with respect; in the hands of the skilful, it is able to perform miracles" Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Our heavenly beauty will never be trampled on by cattle. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

The language of the people is the best, never fading and ever again blooming color of its entire spiritual life. Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky

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Language is the confession of the people, His soul and way of life. Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky

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In days of doubt, in days of painful reflections on the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, O great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how not to fall into despair at the sight of everything that happens at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!

Language is important for a patriot. Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin

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The main character of our language lies in the extreme ease with which everything is expressed in it - abstract thoughts, inner lyrical feelings, “mouse running around life”, a cry of indignation, sparkling pranks and amazing passion. Alexander Ivanovich Herzen

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Language is the history of the people. Language is the way of civilization and culture. That is why the study and preservation of the Russian language is not an idle hobby from nothing to do, but an urgent need. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like pearls themselves, and, really, there is another name for the most precious thing itself. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.

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I do not consider foreign words good and suitable, if only they can be replaced by purely Russian or more Russified ones. We must protect our rich and beautiful language from corruption. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov

Knowledge of the Russian language, a language that deserves to be studied in every possible way, both in itself, for it is one of the most powerful and richest living languages, and for the sake of the literature it reveals, is no longer such a rarity. Friedrich Engels

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True love for one's country is unthinkable without love for one's language.

Use a foreign word when there is an equivalent Russian word means to offend both common sense and common taste.

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Whatever you say, native language will always remain family. When you want to speak to your heart's content, none French word it doesn’t enter your head, but if you want to shine, then it’s another matter. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Among the splendid qualities of our language there is one absolutely amazing and hardly noticeable. It consists in the fact that in its sound it is so diverse that it includes the sound of almost all languages of the world. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky

Beauty, majesty, strength and wealth Russian language It is clear enough from books written in past centuries, when our ancestors did not know any rules for compositions yet, but they hardly thought that they existed or could exist. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

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The Slavic-Russian language, according to the testimonies of the foreign aesthetes themselves, is not inferior to Latin either in courage, Greek or in fluency, surpasses all European languages: Italian, Spanish and French, not to mention German. Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin

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We must love and preserve those samples of the Russian language that we have inherited from first-class masters. Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov

Our Russian language, more than all new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of location, and abundance of forms. Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov

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Russian language! For thousands of years the people have been creating this flexible, magnificent, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent poetic ... instrument of their social life, their thoughts, their feelings, their hopes, their anger, their great future ... With a wondrous ligature, the people weaved an invisible web of the Russian language: bright, like a rainbow after the spring rain, well-aimed, like arrows, sincere, like a song over a cradle, melodious ... A dense world , on which he threw a magic net of the word, submitted to him like a brimmed horse. A.N. Tolstoy

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There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in Russian; everything excites, breathes, lives. Alexey Stepanovich Khomyakov

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich, and everything is enriched with astonishing speed. Maksim Gorky

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There are no such sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would be no exact expression in our language. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky

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The Russian language in skillful hands and in experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and roomy. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin

But what disgusting bureaucratic language! Based on that position... on the one hand... on the other hand, all this without any need. “Nevertheless” and “to the extent that” the officials composed. I read and spit. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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Prostrate in the enrichment of the mind and in the decoration of the Russian word. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

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Follow the rule stubbornly: so that words are cramped, and thoughts are spacious. Nikolay Alekseevich Nekrasov

By the attitude of each person to his language, one can absolutely accurately judge not only his cultural level, but also his civic value. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky

Our beautiful language, under the pen of unlearned and unskilful writers, is rapidly declining. Words are distorted. Grammar fluctuates. Spelling, this heraldry of the language, changes according to the arbitrariness of everyone and everyone. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

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To deal with the language somehow means to think somehow: approximately, inaccurately, incorrectly. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Our native language should be the main basis for both our general education and the education of each of us. Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky

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Nothing is so ordinary for us, nothing seems so simple as our speech, but in the very essence there is nothing so surprising, so wonderful, as our speech. Alexander Nikolaevich Radishchev

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The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is enriched with astonishing speed. Maksim Gorky

There is no doubt that the desire to dazzle Russian speech with foreign words without need, without sufficient reason, is contrary to common sense and common taste; but it harms not the Russian language and not Russian literature, but only those who are obsessed with it. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky

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The Russian language is revealed to the end in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know their people “to the bone” and feel the hidden charm of our land.
For everything that exists in nature - water, air, sky, clouds, sun, rain, forests, swamps, rivers and lakes, meadows and fields, flowers and herbs - in the Russian language there is a great variety good words and titles. Konstantin Paustovsky

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Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness and strength. Maksim Gorky

The Russian language, as far as I can judge of it, is the richest of all European dialects and seems deliberately created to express the subtlest shades. Gifted with wonderful conciseness, combined with clarity, he is content with one word to convey thoughts when another language would require whole phrases for this. Prosper Merimee

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The natural richness of the Russian language and speech is so great that, without further ado, listening to the time with your heart, in close communication with common man and with a volume of Pushkin in your pocket you can become an excellent writer. Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin

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The word of the Briton will respond with the knowledge of the heart and the wise knowledge of life; the short-lived word of a Frenchman will flash and scatter like a light dandy; intricately invent his own, not accessible to everyone, smart-thin word, a German; but there is no word that would be so bold, brisk, so bursting out from under the very heart, so seething and trembling vividly, as aptly said Russian word. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol

Only by assimilating the original material, that is, the native language, to the best possible perfection, will we be able to assimilate the foreign language as well as possible, but not before. F. Dostoevsky

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Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I do not like words with an abundance of hissing and whistling sounds, I avoid them. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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Charles V, Roman emperor, used to say that Spanish it is proper to speak to God, French to friends, German to enemies, Italian to women. But if he knew the Russian language, then of course he would have added that it was decent for them to speak with everyone, because. I would find in it the splendor of Spanish, and the liveliness of French, and the strength of German, and the tenderness of Italian, and the richness, and the strong figurativeness of Latin and Greek. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

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There is one significant fact: in our still unsettled and young language we can convey the deepest forms of the spirit and thought of European languages. Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

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As a material of literature, the Slavic-Russian language has an undeniable superiority over all European ones. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

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What is language? First of all, it is not only a way to express your thoughts, but also to create your thoughts. Language has the opposite effect. A person who turns his thoughts, his ideas, his feelings into language… he is also, as it were, permeated by this way of expression. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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Pushkin also spoke about punctuation marks. They exist to highlight the thought, to bring the words into the correct ratio and to give the phrase lightness and the right sound. Punctuation marks are like musical notation. They firmly hold the text and do not allow it to crumble. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky

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Language is a ford across the river of time, it leads us to the home of the departed; but no one who is afraid of deep water can come there. Vladislav Markovich Illich-Svitych

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Let there be honor and glory to our language, which, in its native wealth, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud, majestic river - it rustles and thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, murmurs in a gentle stream and sweetly flows into the soul, forming everything measures that consist only in raising and raising the human voice!

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Language is the history of the people. Language is the path of civilization and culture... That is why the study and preservation of the Russian language is not an idle occupation from nothing to do, but an urgent need. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin

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The perception of other people's words, and especially without necessity, is not an enrichment, but a deterioration of the language. Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov

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Language is an image of everything that has existed, exists and will exist - everything that can only be embraced and comprehended by the mental eye of man. Alexey Fyodorovich Merzlyakov

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The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years countless treasures of human thought and experience have accumulated and live forever in the word. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov

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Tongue and gold are our dagger and poison. Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov

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The language, which the Russian power of a great part of the world commands, in its power has a natural abundance, beauty and strength, which is not inferior to any European language. And for that there is no doubt that the Russian word could not be brought to such perfection, which we are surprised at in others. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov

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Beware of fancy language. The language should be simple and elegant. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Clever and wise sayings about the Russian language of great people, prominent figures of Russian civilization ...

The collection includes wise sayings and sayings about the Russian language of great people said by Russian writers, scientists and philosophers, as well as representatives of other peoples:

Our heavenly beauty will never be trampled on by cattle. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, it is a property handed down to us by our predecessors! Treat this mighty weapon with respect; in the hands of the skilful, it is able to perform miracles. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
The language of the people is the best, never fading and ever again blooming color of its entire spiritual life. Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky

Take care of the purity of the language as a shrine! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Language is the confession of the people, His soul and way of life. Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky.
The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years countless treasures of human thought and experience have accumulated and live forever in the word. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
In days of doubt, in days of painful reflections on the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, O great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language! Without you, how not to fall into despair at the sight of everything that happens at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people! Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Language is the history of the people. Language is the path of civilization and culture... That is why the study and preservation of the Russian language is not an idle occupation from nothing to do, but an urgent need. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin
The perception of other people's words, and especially without necessity, is not an enrichment, but a deterioration of the language. Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov
Language is the history of the people. Language is the way of civilization and culture. That is why the study and preservation of the Russian language is not an idle hobby from nothing to do, but an urgent need. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin
I do not consider foreign words good and suitable, if only they can be replaced by purely Russian or more Russified ones. We must protect our rich and beautiful language from corruption. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov
Let there be honor and glory to our language, which, in its most native richness, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud majestic river - rustles and thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, murmurs in a gentle stream and sweetly flows into the soul, forming everything measures, which are only. Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (Our collection includes 3 statements about the Russian language from Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin)
There is no doubt that the Russian language is one of the richest languages in the world. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like pearls themselves, and, really, there is another name for the most precious thing itself. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
To use a foreign word when there is a Russian word equivalent to it is to insult both common sense and common taste. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
Knowledge of the Russian language, a language that in every possible way deserves to be studied both in itself, for it is one of the most powerful and richest living languages, and for the sake of the literature it reveals, is no longer such a rarity ... Friedrich Engels.
There is one significant fact: in our still unsettled and young language we can convey the deepest forms of the spirit and thought of European languages. Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
True love for one's country is unthinkable without love for one's language. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I do not like words with an abundance of hissing and whistling sounds, I avoid them. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
No matter how you say it, the native language will always remain native. When you want to speak to your heart’s content, not a single French word comes into your head, but if you want to shine, then it’s another matter. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
The word of the Briton will respond with the knowledge of the heart and the wise knowledge of life; the short-lived word of a Frenchman will flash and scatter like a light dandy; intricately invent his own, not accessible to everyone, smart-thin word, a German; but there is no word that would be so bold, brisk, so bursting out from under the very heart, so seething and trembling vividly, as aptly said Russian word. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.
The beauty, grandeur, strength and richness of the Russian language is quite clear from books written in past centuries, when our ancestors did not know any rules for compositions, but they hardly thought that they exist or can be. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
You can do wonders with the Russian language! Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
We must love and preserve those samples of the Russian language that we have inherited from first-class masters. Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov
The Russian language, as far as I can judge of it, is the richest of all European dialects and seems deliberately created to express the subtlest shades. Gifted with wonderful conciseness, combined with clarity, he is content with one word to convey thoughts when another language would require whole phrases for this. (In our article there are 2 statements about the Russian language from Prosper Merime - French writer and translator, is one of the first masters of the short story in France)
Our Russian language, more than all new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of location, and abundance of forms. Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov
The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is enriched with astonishing speed. Maksim Gorky
There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in Russian; everything excites, breathes, lives. Alexey Stepanovich Khomyakov
The Russian language in skillful hands and in experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and roomy. Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin (Wise sayings about Russian)
There are no such sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would be no exact expression in our language. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky.
Our native language should be the main basis for both our general education and the education of each of us. Pyotr Andreevich Vyazemsky
But what disgusting bureaucratic language! Proceeding from that position... on the one hand... on the other hand, all this without any need. “Nevertheless” and “to the extent that” the officials composed. I read and spit. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Our beautiful language, under the pen of unlearned and unskilful writers, is rapidly declining. Words are distorted. Grammar fluctuates. Spelling, this heraldry of the language, changes according to the arbitrariness of everyone and everyone. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
By the attitude of each person to his language, one can absolutely accurately judge not only his cultural level, but also his civic value. Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky
Follow the rule stubbornly: so that words are cramped, and thoughts are spacious. Nikolay Alekseevich Nekrasov
To deal with the language somehow means to think somehow: approximately, inaccurately, incorrectly. Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Prostrate in the enrichment of the mind and in the decoration of the Russian word. Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov
Nothing is so ordinary for us, nothing seems so simple as our speech, but in the very essence there is nothing so surprising, so wonderful, as our speech. Alexander Nikolaevich Radishchev
Russian is the language of poetry. The Russian language is unusually rich in versatility and subtlety of shades. Prosper Merimee
There is no doubt that the desire to dazzle Russian speech with foreign words without need, without sufficient reason, is contrary to common sense and common taste; but it harms not the Russian language and not Russian literature, but only those who are obsessed with it. Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky
The Russian language is quite rich, however, it has its drawbacks, and one of them is hissing sound combinations: -vosh, -vosh, -vosh, -shcha, -shch. On the first page of your story, “lice” crawl in large numbers: those who have worked, those who have spoken, those who have arrived. It is quite possible to do without insects. Maksim Gorky
Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness and strength. Maksim Gorky
The Russian language opens up to the end in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know their people “to the bone”

There is a grace
In consonance with the words of the living,
And breathes incomprehensible,
Holy beauty in them.
M. Yu. Lermontov

Language is the confession of the people,
His soul and life are dear.
P. A. Vyazemsky

Blessed is he who firmly rules by word
And keeps his thought on his leash.
A. S. Pushkin

Sounding so wonderful in Pushkin,
Our tongue writhes in anguish,
When they send ungodly
On it, in Russian.
E. A. Evtushenko

Language, our magnificent language,
River and steppe expanse in it,
It has the screams of an eagle and a wolf roar,
The chant, and the ringing, and the pilgrim's incense.
K. D. Balmont

And we will save you, Russian speech,
Great Russian word.
We will carry you free and clean,
And we will give to our grandchildren, and we will save from captivity
Forever!
A. A. Akhmatova

Friends, take care of yourself
When you speak Russian.
After all, this is our native language -
Save it for your grandchildren!
E. Ya. Vesnik

He came to us by inheritance,
For us, he is the most precious
We replace someone else's copper
We do not dare to gold it.

Like a guardian of a precious cup,
We must save the gift of centuries
And the new brilliance of our life
Enrich native speech.
S. N. Sergeev-Tsensky

Learn Russian
If you want to fight fate
If you are looking for the joy of a flower garden,
If you need a solid support -
Learn Russian language!

He is your great mentor, mighty,
He is a translator, he is a conductor.
If you storm knowledge steep -
Learn Russian
S. Abdullah

... our wonderful language,
Metallic, sonorous, self-humming.
Rampant, well-aimed our language!
N. M. Yazykov

Word
Silent tombs, mummies and bones -
Only the word is given life:
From the ancient darkness, on the world churchyard,
Only letters are heard.

And we have no other property!
Know how to save
Though to the best of my ability, in the days of anger and suffering,
Our immortal gift is speech.
I. A. Bunin

Lords and those disappeared
Instantly and surely
When accidentally encroached
On the Russian essence of the language.
Ya. V. Smelyakov

There are speeches - meaning
Dark or insignificant
But they don't care
It is impossible to take.

How full of their sounds
Crazy desire!
They are tears of separation
They have the thrill of goodbye.

Won't get an answer
Amid the noise of the world
Of flame and light
born word;

But in the temple, in the midst of the battle
And wherever I will be
Upon hearing it, I
I know everywhere.

Without finishing the prayer
I will answer that sound
And throw myself out of the fight
I am towards him.
M. Yu. Lermontov

Words

Many words on earth. There are daily words -
The blue of the spring sky shines through them.

There are night words that we talk about during the day
We remember with a smile and sweet shame.

There are words - like wounds, words - like a court, -
They do not surrender with them and do not take prisoners.

Words can kill, words can save
In a word, you can lead the shelves behind you.

In a word, you can sell, and betray, and buy,
The word can be poured into smashing lead.

But there are words for all words in our language:
Glory, Motherland, Loyalty, Freedom and Honor.

I dare not repeat them at every step, -
Like banners in a case, I keep them in my soul.

Who often repeats them - I do not believe that
He will forget about them in fire and smoke.

He will not remember them on the burning bridge,
They will be forgotten by another in a high position.

Anyone who wants to cash in on proud words
Countless dust offends the heroes,

Those in dark forests and damp trenches,
Without repeating these words, they died for them.

Let them not serve as a bargaining chip, -
Keep them in your heart as a golden standard!

And do not make them servants in petty life -
Take care of their original purity.

When joy is like a storm, or sorrow is like night,
Only these words can help you!
V. S. Shefner

Native language!
He has known me since childhood.
On it for the first time I said "mom",
On it I swore stubborn fidelity,
And every breath is clear to me on it.
Native language!
He is dear to me, he is mine,
On it the winds whistle in our foothills,
It was the first time I heard
Birds babble to me in green at times.
But like a native
I love Russian language
I need him like heaven
Every moment.
On it live, quivering feelings
They opened up to me.
And the world opened up in them.

I understood the Russian word "happiness",
Great happiness to live in a big country,
With him I'm not afraid of grief and bad weather,
With him I will not burn in any fire.
Two rivers flow in the heart, without shallowing,
become one river...
Forgetting my native language, I will become numb.
Having lost Russian, I will become deaf.
T. M. Zumakulova

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The old syllable attracts me.
There is charm in ancient speech.
She happens to be our words
and more modern and sharper.

Shout: "Half the kingdom for the horse!" -
what a temper and generosity!
But it will come down on me
last fervor futility.

Someday I'll wake up in the dark
forever losing the battle,
and it will come to my mind
madman of the ancient decision.

Oh, what a half kingdom for me!
A child taught by the age
I will take a horse, I will give a horse
for half a moment with a man,

loved by me. God be with you,
Oh my horse, my horse, zealous horse.
I'm gratuitously your reason
I will weaken - and the herd is dear

you will catch up, you will catch up there,
in the steppe empty and red.
And I'm bored with ramblings
these victories and defeats.

I feel sorry for the horse! I'm sorry love!
And in a medieval manner
lies under my feet
just a footprint left by a horseshoe.
B. A. Akhmadulina

Word
On that day, when over the new world
God bowed his face, then
The sun was stopped by a word,
In a word, cities were destroyed.

And the eagle did not flap its wings,
The stars huddled in horror against the moon,
If, like a pink flame,
The word floated above.

And for the low life there were numbers
Like domestic, under-yoke cattle,
Because all shades of meaning
Smart number transmits.

The patriarch is gray-haired, under his arm
Conquering both good and evil,
Not daring to turn to the sound,
He drew a number in the sand with a cane.

But we forgot that shining
Only a word amid earthly anxieties,
And in the Gospel of John
It is said that the word is God.

We set him a limit
The meager limits of nature,
And, like bees in an empty hive,
smell bad dead words.
N. S. Gumilyov

Native language
My true friend! My enemy is insidious!
My king! My slave! Native language!
My poems are like altar smoke!
How fierce is my cry!

You gave wings to a crazy dream,
You wrapped your dream in fetters.
Saved me in the hours of impotence
And crushed with excess strength.

How often in the mystery of strange sounds
And in the hidden sense of words
I found the tune of the unexpected,
Poems that took possession of me!

But often, joy exhausted
Ile quiet intoxicated with longing,
I waited in vain to be in tune
With a trembling soul - your echo!

You wait like a giant.
I bow before you.
And yet I won't stop fighting
I am like Israel with a deity!

There is no limit to my perseverance.
You are in eternity, I am in short days,
But still, as a magician, submit to me,
Or turn the madman to dust!

Your wealth, by inheritance,
I, impudent, demand myself.
I'm calling, you answer
I'm coming - you be ready to fight!

But, defeated or winner,
I will fall down before you:
You are my avenger, you are my savior
Your world is forever my abode,
Your voice is the sky above me!
V. Ya. Bryusov

Statements about the Russian language

The Russian language is a language created for poetry, it is unusually rich and remarkable for its subtlety of shades.

P. Merimee

Charles the Fifth, the Roman emperor, used to say that speaking Spanish with God, French with friends, German with the enemy, Italian with the female sex is decent. But if he were skilled in the Russian language, then, of course, he would add to that that it was decent for them to speak with all of them, for he found in it the splendor of Spanish, the liveliness of French, the strength of German, the tenderness of Italian, and, moreover, the rich and strong brevity in images. Greek and Latin languages.
The language, which the Russian power of a great part of the world commands, in its power has a natural abundance, beauty and strength, which is not inferior to any European language. And for that there is no doubt that the Russian word could not be brought to such perfection, which we are surprised at in others.

M. V. Lomonosov

The beauty, grandeur, strength and richness of the Russian language is quite clear from books written in past centuries, when our ancestors did not know any rules for compositions, but they hardly thought that they exist or can be.

M. V. Lomonosov

You marvel at the preciousness of our language: every sound is a gift: everything is grainy, large, like pearls themselves, and, really, there is another name for the most precious thing itself.

N. V. Gogol

In every word there is an abyss of space, every word is immense ...

N. V. Gogol

The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years countless treasures of human thought and experience have accumulated and live forever in the word.

M. A. Sholokhov

Every nation has distinguished itself in its own way, each with its own word, which, expressing any object, reflects in its expression part of its own character. The word of the Briton will echo with the knowledge of the heart and the wise knowledge of life; The short-lived word of a Frenchman will flash and scatter like a light dandy; the German will intricately invent his own, not accessible to everyone, cleverly thin word; but there is no word that would be so bold, brisk, so burst out from under the very heart, so seething and quivering like a well-spoken Russian word.

N. V. Gogol

Read folk tales, young writers, to see the properties of the Russian language.

A. S. Pushkin

Language is the age-old work of an entire generation.

V. I. Dal

Let there be honor and glory to our language, which in its native wealth, almost without any foreign admixture, flows like a proud, majestic river - it makes noise, thunders - and suddenly, if necessary, softens, murmurs in a gentle stream and sweetly flows into the soul, forming all measures that consist only in the fall and rise of the human voice.

N. M. Karamzin

Our Russian language, more than all the new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching the classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of location, abundance of forms.

N. A. Dobrolyubov

To use a foreign word when there is a Russian word equivalent to it means to insult both common sense and common taste.

V. G. Belinsky

There is no doubt that the Russian language is one of the richest languages in the world.

V. G. Belinsky

Only by assimilating the original material, that is, the native language, to the best possible perfection, will we be able to master the foreign language to the highest possible perfection, but not before.

F. M. Dostoevsky

In days of doubt, in days of painful reflections about the fate of my homeland - you are my only support and support, O great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language! Without you - how not to fall into despair at the sight of everything that happens at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!

I. S. Turgenev

The Russian language in skillful hands and experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and roomy.

A. I. Kuprin

Language is the history of the people. Language is the way of civilization and culture. Therefore, the study and preservation of the Russian language is not an idle occupation with nothing to do, but an urgent need.

A. I. Kuprin

To deal with the language somehow means to think somehow: inaccurately, approximately, incorrectly.

A. N. Tolstoy

The word is the great weapon of life.

V. O. Klyuchevsky

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is enriched with astonishing speed.

M. Gorky

Our speech is predominantly aphoristic, distinguished by its conciseness and strength.

M. Gorky

The greatest value of a people is its language. The language in which he writes, speaks, thinks.<...>Language and thought are closely related. If language becomes impoverished, thinking becomes impoverished. Language is based in its development on writing, and in it mainly on literature. And literature is of tremendous importance for the development of morality.<...>Much has been written about the Russian language as the language of the people. This is one of the most perfect languages of the world, a language that has evolved over more than a millennium, producing in the 19th century the best literature and poetry in the world.

D. S. Likhachev

Language is a ford across the river of time, it leads us to the home of the departed; but no one who is afraid of deep water can come there.

V. M. Illich-Svitych

The Russian language is revealed to the end in its truly magical properties and wealth only to those who deeply love and know "to the bone" their people and feel the hidden charm of our land.

K. G. Paustovsky

True love for one's country is unthinkable without love for one's language.

K. G. Paustovsky

There are no such sounds, colors, images and thoughts - complex and simple - for which there would not be an exact expression in our language.
… You can do wonders with the Russian language!

K. G. Paustovsky

We have been given possession of the richest, most accurate, powerful and truly magical Russian language.

K. G. Paustovsky

Many Russian words themselves radiate poetry, just as gems radiate a mysterious brilliance ...

K. G. Paustovsky

The natural richness of the Russian language and speech is so great that without further ado, listening to the time with your heart, in close contact with a simple person and with a volume of Pushkin in your pocket, you can become an excellent writer.

M. M. Prishvin

Reflecting geographical expanse and "sociality" different peoples, the image of "ever-creating Russia", the Russian language carries the enduring values of beauty and grace, which, according to Dostoevsky, "will save everything."

V. G. Kostomarov

A truly strong and healthy, balanced person will not needlessly speak loudly, will not swear and use slang words. After all, he is sure that his word is already weighty.

D. S. Likhachev

Sayings about literature

Literature in all its forms is nothing but the shadow of good conversation.

R. Stevenson

Literature gives us a colossal, vast and profound experience of life. It makes a person intelligent, develops in him not only a sense of beauty, but also an understanding - an understanding of life, all its complexities, serves as a guide to other eras and to other peoples, opens the hearts of people before you. In a word, makes you wise.

D. S. Likhachev

Literature is the expression of society, just as the word is the expression of man.

L. G. A. Bonald

Literature is the guide human mind the human race.

V. Hugo

No genre of literature contains as much fiction as biographical.

W. E. Channing (Channing)

Literature is withdrawn from the laws of corruption. She alone does not recognize death.

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

Scholarly literature saves people from ignorance, and elegant literature from rudeness and vulgarity.

N. G. Chernyshevsky

Literature is born from the depths of the people's soul.

A. Mitskevich

Society finds in literature its real life, elevated to an ideal, brought to consciousness.

V. G. Belinsky

Literature ... must be faithful to the people, must passionately and zealously stand up for its progress, prosperity and happiness.

Ch. Dickens

Literature is when the reader is as talented as the writer.

M. A. Svetlov

Literature is such an occupation in which you have to prove again and again that you have a talent to people who are deprived of any talents.

J. Renard

Literature deteriorates only to the extent that people become more corrupt.

I. Goethe

The trouble with other literature is that thinking people do not write, and writers do not think.

P. A. Vyazemsky

In literature, as in life, one rule must be remembered that a person will regret a thousand times that he has said a lot, but never a little.

A. F. Pisemsky

Just as in politics one well-aimed word, one wit often has a more decisive effect than a whole Demosthenes speech, so in literature miniatures often live longer than thick novels.

S. Zweig

Quite a few literary works owes its success to the squalor of the author's thoughts, for it is akin to the squalor of the thoughts of the public.

N. Chamfort

Manuscripts do not burn.

The Russian language is one of the international ones and is in the top five in terms of the number of people speaking it. This is the state language in Russia, international in the countries former USSR, official at the UN. Uniqueness, informativeness, abundance of stylistic, linguistic, means of expression and opportunities - this is a small part of the virtues that the Russian language has inherited over the centuries of its existence. Sayings of great writers Slavic culture and the special place in it of our language (it belongs to the eastern branch) emphasize that over time its role in only increases.

However, it is not enough to master only its colloquial form. A truly literate person is one who has mastered the laws and features of the literary language in which they have worked at all times. best writers And

What we have, we don't keep...

But, unfortunately, at the present stage, the state of the Russian (both colloquial and literary) language causes more and more controversy and receives an ambiguous assessment. Some believe that everyday speech should fully reflect the realities of life, and therefore allow the use of a large number of borrowings (they have always been, but there was a measure), youth slang and jargon, swearing and even obscene language. Others, as a rule, people with a philological education, are concerned that the centuries-old pride of the people (recall the numerous statements prominent writers about the Russian language) may cease to be such in the future. And this is quite understandable. Very often, from a TV screen or from a high political platform (it is assumed that there are educated people there), we hear a speech with a huge number of grammatical and spelling errors that are noticeable even to an ordinary schoolchild. But quite recently, the profession of an announcer or speaker required special training, and the performance itself was a standard for every inhabitant of a vast country.

What are the reasons for the emergence and such a rapid development in the Russian language of phenomena that negatively affect its state?

To speak correctly is not fashionable

As sad as it sounds, it's true. Listeners are sometimes more attracted to the interlocutor's ability to flaunt a beautiful word, especially a foreign one. And it does not matter whether it is appropriately used (here it is worth quoting the words of V. Belinsky, who wrote that the use of a foreign word instead of an existing Russian can be perceived as an insult to “common sense and ... taste”) and whether its meaning is distorted. The ability to stand out from the crowd is often valued in society, even if it demonstrates complete ignorance or ignorance of accepted norms of etiquette. In this regard, we recall more than one statement about the Russian language by Russian writers. For example, about the fact that somehow handling the language means also thinking somehow somehow (A. Tolstoy). A. Chekhov, thinking about the qualities intelligent person, noted that speaking badly for him "should be considered as indecent as not being able to read and write." It would be good to know and remember this for our politicians, cultural figures, television and radio workers preparing for all sorts of public performances.

Economy of words is a sign of fast-flowing time

Another negative phenomenon leading to the impoverishment of the Russian language is the active use of Everyday life mobile phones and the Internet. For all their merits, it should be noted that modern people almost stopped writing and reading. In a constant rush short SMS have become the main means of communication not only for adolescents and young people, but also for those who are older. And the traditional letters that have existed for centuries have completely disappeared - they have been replaced by electronic messages, usually consisting of several short phrases, hastily drawn up. On the one hand, of course, it is good that modern generation learns to concisely express his thoughts and react mobilely to what is happening. After all, even N. Nekrasov urged to speak in such a way, “so that words are cramped, and thoughts are spacious.” Here are just similar short sentences about the Russian language and the benefits of concise speech are often taken literally. As a result, brevity becomes a manifestation of limited thinking, insufficiency vocabulary, but not a sharp mind.

The great power of the artistic word

The real trouble of the current generation, as noted above, is that it has practically stopped reading. classical works, which a couple of decades ago were re-read avidly and several times, today for many schoolchildren - and not only! - turned into backbreaking work. What a pleasure there is for the magnificent poems of Pushkin, Lermontov, Blok, Yesenin, Tsvetaeva ... Or sincere empathy for the heroes of Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Bunin, Chekhov, Bulgakov ... Today I defeated them summary- already a success. Meanwhile, quotes and statements about Russian literature confirm a thought that has long been familiar to everyone: reading good works of art helps you learn to speak beautifully and correctly, to express your thoughts concisely and accurately. For example, M. Lomonosov at one time considered books to be the source of “beauty, grandeur, strength and wealth of the Russian language.” R. Descartes called reading good books"a conversation from the most past times ...". And only to those who are fully able to enjoy the language will open true meaning phrases of K. Paustovsky: "Many Russian words radiate poetry ...".

Pop and yellow press rule

What does he get in return? classical literature young people who tomorrow will represent our state and govern it? Mostly short but catchy "musi-pusi" and "flap your eyelashes" in nonsensical pop songs with rhythmic music. Or endless bone washing and primitive plots in low-quality publications: yellow press, tabloid detective stories and love stories. And who can remember the statements of great writers about the Russian language, in which it is called “flexible, lush, inexhaustibly rich, intelligent poetic tool” (A. Tolstoy), helping in life, or “the most precious thing”, in which “everything is grainy , large, like pearls themselves ”(N. Gogol).

Love for a country begins with love for a language

Such considerations lead to another important thought. Each person should always remember one thing: without a good knowledge of the native language, it is impossible to become a patriot, which is confirmed by short statements about the Russian language. National language- this is “the history of the people, the path of civilization and culture” (A. Kuprin), “the confession of the people, their soul and way of life ...” That is why very often, along with documentary sources, for a full understanding of the processes taking place during the development of the country, they get acquainted with folklore works ( especially proverbs, sayings, songs, epics), masterpieces of classical literature, academic dictionaries.

Summing up, I would like to draw attention to the well-known words of N. Karamzin that one cannot call oneself a patriot without love for one's native language.

Place in the world

The indifference of many people to their own speech is especially offensive against the background of the recognition of the merits of our grammar by foreigners. For example, best sayings about Russian foreign figures emphasize its superiority over other known languages. P. Merimee called it the richest among all "European dialects", "the language of poetry", F. Engels called it "beautiful", "the strongest and richest living language". A statement about the Russian language of Russian writers would also be appropriate here. The worldwide recognition and superiority of Russian grammar was noted by the poets M. Lomonosov and M. Derzhavin. According to F. Dostoevsky, only having fully mastered the native language, one can learn a foreign language. The point of view of L. Tolstoy, who was fluent in French, is also remarkable. He admitted that the latter is only suitable for “shine”, but heart to heart you can talk exclusively in Russian.

“Russian is one of the richest languages in the world…”

This is how V. Belinsky wrote more than a century and a half ago. By carefully reading the statements of great writers about the Russian language, one can gradually comprehend the laws of ideal speech, which, as already noted, has become a rarity these days. “There are no such sounds, colors, images and thoughts for which there would be no exact expression,” noted K. Paustovsky. And Chekhov, trying to protect his contemporaries and descendants from excessive sophistication in words, warned: "The language must be simple and elegant." Then, in capable hands, he, as A. Kuprin believed, will become “beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and roomy”, and, according to K. Paustovsky, it will be possible to “work miracles” with him.

Every statement of Russian poets about the Russian language is filled with love and respect.

"Great, mighty, truthful and free..."

Such epithets were awarded to the native language by I. S. Turgenev, the author of a poem in prose, known, perhaps, to every inhabitant of the country. The writer sees in him "support and support", which he needs far from his homeland. The work is imbued with inexhaustible love for the main treasure of the people, which helps to objectively assess what is happening in the country. Ivan Sergeevich experiences similar feelings in relation to the Russian people - the bearer of the great language. These two concepts are inseparable from each other in the mind of the writer, as evidenced by short statements about the Russian language: “one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people.”

"Native language"

The sublime and somewhat tragic poem of the symbolist V. Bryusov is full of contradictions. The poet is frank in his confessions that the language is for him the embodiment of the best achievements of the Russian people. He gives wings to the initiate, saves in "hours of impotence", plunging into the mystery of strange sounds. At the same time, for the poet, the Russian language is not only a “faithful friend”, but also a “treacherous enemy”, a “king”, who has wrapped himself in chains and no longer lets go. Therefore, Bryusov rightfully demands for himself all his wealth by inheritance. A similar statement about the Russian language by Russian writers and poets proves their special purpose on earth: to preserve the great word given to the people and pass it on to their descendants. “Your world is forever my abode,” V. Bryusov draws a line under his thoughts, defining the place of the Russian language in his life.

Works by K. Balmont

The river and steppe expanse, filled with the cry of an eagle and the roar of a wolf, the ringing of a pilgrimage and the cooing of a dove, the murmur of a key and a spring ray, he sees the Russian language in the poem of the same name. The master's word helps the poet describe unique beauty home country, to express love for the father's house and Russia, which he was forced to leave forever.

The words given in this article about the Russian language have something in common with the words from another work by K. Balmont - "Russian language: Will as the basis of creativity." In it, the poet calls his native speech "true, primordial, pure, most excellent", which is "one of the main talismans" great Russia. It is enough just to touch the Russian language, and it will endow you with a magnificent picture, familiar to everyone since childhood. And the well-known lines of I. Turgenev, who also yearned in a foreign land, sound like a prayer for Balmont.

"Courage"

Another great poem belongs to A. Akhmatova, it was written in 1941 in besieged Leningrad. Anna Andreevna speaks in the most difficult time for the country on behalf of the entire generation that stood up for the defense of her native country and the main national treasure: "... we will save you, Russian speech ...". This is her primary task as a poet and citizen, able to inspire and support her compatriots with the “great Russian word”. And the last lines of the poem sound like an oath: “We will carry you free and clean ... and save you from captivity forever.”

Really, similar statements Russian writers about the Russian language, beautiful poems about its power and strength more than once supported the people in the most difficult time for them and for the country.

Summing up

Undoubtedly Russian literary language constitutes the golden fund of our country. And written on it works of art included in the collection of world literature. And so that every statement about the Russian language by Russian writers, poets, and other cultural figures decades and centuries later is imbued with the same pride that they are its bearers, faith in its power, we must preserve what has been handed down to us.

"A. F. Merzlyakov»

Prostrate in the enrichment of the mind and in the decoration of the Russian word.

"Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov"

The Russian language in skillful hands and in experienced lips is beautiful, melodious, expressive, flexible, obedient, dexterous and roomy.

"Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin"

Foreigners will never understand how it is possible to peel a turnip for two horseradish, or slap a pumpkin on one pepper.

"G. Derzhavin"

Oddities of the Russian language: a bachelorette party is a women's party, and a womanizer is a loving man.

The Russian language is inexhaustibly rich and everything is enriched with astonishing speed.

"M. Bitter"

Depending on the intonation, one swear word of a car mechanic Ivanov can mean up to 70 different parts and devices.

Not a single spoken word has brought as much benefit as many unspoken.

"Plutarch"

"M. M. Prishvin

The greatest wealth of a people is its language! For thousands of years countless treasures of human thought and experience have accumulated and live forever in the word.

"M. A. Sholokhov

I fight for the purity of the Russian language. I don't take selfies, I take myself.

We must love and preserve those samples of the Russian language that we have inherited from first-class masters.

"Dmitry Andreevich Furmanov"

Putting dots in obscene words was invented by people who were not sure how to spell the word "g ... but."

It is difficult to explain to a foreigner the phrase "Hands do not reach to see."

In days of doubt, in days of painful reflections on the fate of my homeland, you alone are my support and support, O great, powerful, truthful and free Russian language! Without you - how not to fall into despair at the sight of everything that happens at home? But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!

There is no word that would be so bold, brisk, so bursting out from under the very heart, so seething and trembling vividly, as aptly said Russian word.

"N. V. Gogol»

We must protect the language from clogging, remembering that the words that we use now - with the transfer of a certain number of new ones - will serve many centuries after you to express ideas and thoughts that are still unknown to us, to create new poetic creations that are not amenable to our foresight. And we should be deeply grateful to the previous generations who brought this heritage to us - a figurative, capacious, intelligent language. It already has all the elements of art in itself: both a harmonious syntactic architecture, and the music of words, verbal painting.

"WITH. Y. Marshak "

There is nothing in life and in our minds that could not be conveyed by the Russian word.

The dictionary is the whole internal history of the people.

"N. A. Kotlyarevsky»

Follow the rule stubbornly: so that words are cramped, and thoughts are spacious.

"Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov"

He left a long time ago, leaving her only a Russian textbook as a memento, and she still missed their walks and her smile.

Our native language should be the main basis for both our general education and the education of each of us.

"P. A. Vyazemsky

Language is the confession of the people, His soul and way of life.

"P. A. Vyazemsky

In literature, as in life, it is worth remembering one rule that a person will repent a thousand times for saying a lot, but never for saying little.

"A. F. Pisemsky

Language is important for a patriot.

"Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin"

By the attitude of each person to his language, one can absolutely accurately judge not only his cultural level, but also his civic value.

Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language is a treasure, it is a property handed down to us by our predecessors! Treat this mighty weapon with respect; in the hands of the skilful, it is able to perform miracles.

"AND. S. Turgenev»

The Russian language is so rich that there are no such colors, sounds and images that it would not be able to describe and express.

Language is a ford across the river of time, it leads us to the home of the departed; but no one who is afraid of deep water can come there.

"IN. M. Illich-Svitych»

In fact, for an intelligent person, speaking badly should be considered as indecent as not being able to read and write.

"Anton Pavlovich Chekhov"

Of necessity, many foreign words entered the Russian language, because many foreign concepts and ideas entered Russian life. Such a phenomenon is not new. It is very difficult to invent your own terms to express other people's concepts, and in general this work is rarely successful. Therefore, with a new concept, which one takes from another, he also takes the very word that expresses this concept.

"Vissarion Grigorievich Belinsky"

Only one literature is not subject to the laws of decay. She alone does not recognize death.

"M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

The Russian people are the first people in the world in terms of their glory and power, in their sonorous, rich, powerful language, which has no equal in Europe!

"IN. K. Küchelbecker»

There is no doubt that the Russian language is one of the richest languages in the world.

"IN. Belinsky

Among the magnificent qualities of the Russian language, there is one completely amazing and hardly noticeable. It consists in the fact that in its sound it is so diverse that it includes the sound of almost all languages of the world.

"Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky"

You can do wonders with the Russian language.

In Russian there is a wonderful word of 3 letters. And it means “no”, but it is written and pronounced quite differently.

The task of increased complexity for foreigners in the Russian exam: decipher "Barely ate ate ate". Answer: "Some trees very slowly ate other trees."

There is such an expression - "souls are wonderful impulses." Now, "souls" is a verb.

Quotes about the Russian language

The immortality of a people is in its language.

"Ch. Aitmatov"

The use, both in place and out of place, of words borrowed from foreign languages, not only demonstrates the tastelessness of a person, but also makes it possible to doubt his sanity.

"Friedrich Engels"

True love for one's country is unthinkable without love for one's language.

"TO. Paustovsky"

It is not worth belittling the role of literature in human life, referring to its vile examples created by amateurs. That's not what she's valued for.

There is nothing sedimentary or crystalline in Russian; everything excites, breathes, lives.

"A. S. Khomyakov»

Native speech is the foundation of the Fatherland. Do not stir up the Divine spring, Protect yourself: the soul gives birth to the word - our Great Holy Russian language.

"Hieromonk Roman"

Ugly, dissonant words should be avoided. I do not like words with an abundance of hissing and whistling sounds, I avoid them.

"A. P. Chekhov»

"A. S. Pushkin»

Our heavenly beauty will never be trampled on by cattle.

"Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov"

The word is the deed.

"L. N. Tolstoy»

The Russian language is great and powerful, and the rhyme for the word star always comes to mind the same.

Even if you know 15 foreign languages, you still need Russian. You never know, fall or drop something heavy on your leg.

Strange Russian language: inhuman and deserted are not synonyms.

"A. Herzen"

I do not consider foreign words good and suitable, if only they can be replaced by purely Russian or more Russified ones. We must protect our rich and beautiful language from corruption.

"N. Leskov"

Take care of the purity of the language as a shrine! Never use foreign words. The Russian language is so rich and flexible that we have nothing to take from those who are poorer than us.

"AND. S. Turgenev»

New words of foreign origin are introduced into the Russian press incessantly and often quite unnecessarily, and—what is most insulting of all—these harmful exercises are practiced in those very organs where the Russian nationality and its peculiarities are most ardently advocated.

"Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov"

A whole series of idiomatic expressions, such as: “fuck you” or “well, fuck yourself” is replaced by the phrase: “It hurts to hear,” which is pronounced with Shakespearean tragedy.

When answering a business call, saying “what”, “yes”, and “what the fuck” has become old-fashioned. In the dictionary of an intelligent person there is the right word: "I will listen."

The subtlety of the Russian language: borscht oversalted, overdone with salt.

Our Russian language, more than all new ones, is perhaps capable of approaching classical languages in its richness, strength, freedom of location, and abundance of forms.

"Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov"

No one will explain to foreigners why: "the drunken sea is knee-deep, and the fish - to hell", or "put on a hat, otherwise your ears will freeze."

The best quotes about the Russian language:

The Russian language is the richest on Earth, so why borrow from those who are already poorer than us? Wouldn't it be better to generously endow foreigners with the traditions of Russian speech?

We spoil the Russian language. We use foreign words unnecessarily. And we use them incorrectly. Why say defects, when you can say gaps, shortcomings, shortcomings? Isn't it time to declare war on the use of foreign words without much need?

"IN. I. Lenin

Language is the history of a people. Language is the way of civilization and culture. Therefore, the study and preservation of the Russian language is not an idle occupation with nothing to do, but an urgent need.

"Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin"

Language is an image of everything that existed, exists and will exist - everything that can only be embraced and comprehended by the mental eye of man.

"A. F. Merzlyakov»

Knowledge of the Russian language - a language that deserves to be studied in every possible way, both in itself, for it is one of the most powerful and richest living languages, and for the sake of the literature it reveals - is no longer such a rarity.

"Friedrich Engels"

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