Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Valery Bryusov
Born: December 13, 1873
Died: October 9, 1924 (aged 50)
Bio: Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian. He was one of the principal members of the Russian Symbolist movement.
Known for:
- The Fiery Angel (1908)
- Republic of the southern cross
- Tertia Vigili
- Sem' Tsvetov Radugi
- Perepiska, 1904-1913







