Heart of a Dog

by

Mikhail Bulgakov

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The Bolsheviks were the communist militants, led by Vladimir Lenin, who took power during the Russian Revolution. After the Revolution, the Bolsheviks formed the Communist Party and governed the Soviet Union as a one-party state.

Bolsheviks Quotes in Heart of a Dog

The Heart of a Dog quotes below are all either spoken by Bolsheviks or refer to Bolsheviks. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2 Quotes

“How did you manage to get such a nervous dog to follow you?” asked a pleasant masculine voice, and the trouser leg was rolled down. There was a smell of tobacco, and the glass jars tinkled in one of the cases.
“By kindness. The only method possible in dealing with living creatures. By terror you cannot get anywhere with an animal, no matter what its stage of development. I’ve always asserted this, I assert it today, and I shall go on asserting it. They are wrong thinking that terror will help them. No—no, it won’t, whatever its color: white, red, or even brown! Terror completely paralyzes the nervous system.”

Related Characters: Professor Philip Philippovich Preobrazhensky (speaker), Dr. Ivan Arnoldovich Bormenthal (speaker), Sharik / Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov, Zinaida (Zina) ProkofievnaBunina
Page Number: 16
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Chapter 3 Quotes

“If you care about your digestion, my good advice is—do not talk about Bolshevism or medicine at dinner. And—heaven preserve!—don’t read any Soviet newspapers before dinner.”
“Hm … But there are no others.”
“That’s just it, don’t read any. You know, I carried out thirty tests at my hospital. And what do you think? Patients who read no newspapers feel excellent. But those whom I deliberately compelled to read Pravda lost weight.”

Related Characters: Professor Philip Philippovich Preobrazhensky (speaker), Dr. Ivan Arnoldovich Bormenthal (speaker)
Page Number: 33
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Chapter 6 Quotes

There is no doubt whatsoever that this is his illegitimate son (as they used to say in the corrupt bourgeois society). This is how our pseudo-scientific bourgeoisie amuses itself. Anyone can occupy seven rooms—until the gleaming sword of justice flashes its scarlet ray over his head.
Shv…r.

Related Characters: Shvonder (speaker), Sharik / Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov, Professor Philip Philippovich Preobrazhensky
Page Number: 67
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Chapter 3
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...Philip lectures Dr. Bormenthal about the importance of eating well, which means not talking about Bolshevism or reading government newspapers over dinner. (This depresses his patients and ruins their appetite.) Zina... (full context)