Learning in a corrupt man is a fierce weapon for evil. Education elevates only the virtuous soul.
Denis Fonvizin Quotes
Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (Russian: Денис Иванович Фонвизин; 14 April [O.S. 3 April] 1745 – 12 December [O.S. 1 December] 1792) was a Russian playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment.
- Russia
- Playwrights
- Poets
- Satirists
- Translators
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Denis Fonvizin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.