Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Milan Kundera
Czech and French novelist
Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. He is known for his fiction and for a career shaped by exile, first in France and later through French citizenship. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975 and became a French citizen in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, and he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
More from Milan Kundera (228 quotes) →Keep reading Milan Kundera
- “When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legac…”Milan Kundera
- “Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) fr…”Milan Kundera
- “[…] without much ardor but quite unmistakably, she was writhing her hips as if she were dancing. When he was…”Milan Kundera
- “The method of addition is quite charming if it involves adding to the self such things as a cat, a dog, roast…”Milan Kundera
More Doing Nothing quotes
- “I've seen guys sit the whole day doing nothing, and I hate it when people are unproductive. I don't like a gu…”Olga Kurylenko
- “The majority of my life is spent doing nothing but godly things, especially when it comes to dealing with oth…”DJ Premier
- “I'm not the type of person who's happy doing nothing - and being a racing driver, your weekends are fairly bu…”David Coulthard
Jealousy: more sayings
- “For Mercy has a human heart;Pity, a human face;And Love, the human form divine:And Peace the human dress.Song…”William Blake
- “Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust…”Aaron Carter
- “If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks. The…”Suzy Kassem
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Milan Kundera
Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí
1997
Kniha smíchu a zapomnění
1987
Valčík na rozloučenou
1976
L'Ignorance
2003
La lenteur
2006