Soka University 50th Anniversary
Special online exhibition commemorating the 310th anniversary of the birth of Lomonosov
-Leonardo da Vinci of Russia-

 

Lomonosov's proverbs

1. A dwarf is small even if he stands on the top of a mountain, and a giant is big even if he falls into a pit.
 
2. Persistent effort will help you overcome difficulties.
 
3. A flatterer has honey on his tongue and poison in his heart.
 
4. If you work hard to achieve good, the hardship will pass, but the good will remain.
If one takes pleasure in doing evil, the pleasure will pass but the evil will remain.
 
5. It is easy to point out mistakes. The key to excellence is to give something better.
This is an appropriate act for someone who has done so.
 
6. Oh, Hope for Us
The cage of infinite darkness
Opening up!
No rules, no prohibitions
Wisdom will build a temple in that land!
And ignorance fades away.
(Ode to the Lord, No. 19, 1747)
 
7. I value one experience over a thousand opinions generated solely by the imagination.
 
8. Victory can only be achieved through vibrant enthusiasm, fervent love of country, courage and energy.
 
9. Whenever the wicked rise to power and the good become subservient, the good is always harmed.
 
10. Fruits picked with one's own hands taste sweeter than anything else.
 
11. Everything in the bounty of nature lives and moves through work and joy.
 
12. The truth will give us the victory.
 
13. Awaken, my spirit; behold and hear.
There is light beyond the fog that covers the sky!
At the end of the waves, beyond the flames, I see paradise
 
14. He who cannot do small things cannot do big things.
 
15. Harsh Nature is Mischievous
Block our path, the road from the night shore to the east.
With the eyes of wisdom I see the Russian Columbus breaking through the ice,
Despising fate and rushing ahead.
 
16. In this wonderful and eternal land,
Even if my life ends in misfortune,
If the young wisdom blossoms and follows the path I have opened for you,
Russia will give birth to countless successors.
 
17. Goodness is kind to all except the stubborn ignorant and the vicious barbarians. Goodness is the foundation of society.
Good is beneficial to all except the wicked. Good brings joy to all except those who are jealous of our happiness.
Oink.
 
18. "I would gladly have been silent and lived a quiet life, but I have talent and
I want to leave behind the qualities of diligence, perseverance and noble tenacity, and the most important to me, the promotion of academic learning.
We will be punished by the judgment of the Almighty God, who has given us the courage to overcome all obstacles in order to
"I am afraid that I will be able to live with my family for a long time." (From a letter to Teplov)
 
19. Now, you bold people, be bold!
The Russian soil has brought our Platons, our agile Newtons.
What we can produce
Show it with your efforts.