"Repentance"

[Valery Belyanin]

Hello Kenneth,
you are right: 732 references to this saying
KB> ë͕ÓÏÌÓÒÚ¸ Û͕ý¯ýÂÚ —ÂÎӒÂÍý (Skromnost' ukrashaet cheloveka).
it should be a very old saying. just an example: the last phrase in
http://www.harbor.ru/dd/0901/magia09a.htm
it is just an advice to be modest.
Best regards,
Valery Belyanin
Editor of www.textology.ru

Wednesday, December 03, 2003, 11:15:58 AM, you wrote:
KB> Dear SEELANGers,
KB> Does anyone happen to know the source of the following saying
KB> (apparently)?  (One of my colleagues found a number of references to
KB> it on the internet.)  I'm curious because it is one of the few
KB> Russian statements that Varlam, the principal villain in
KB> "Repentance," makes during the course of this film.  He uses it in
KB> response to Sandro's protest that he, as an artist, does not have the
KB> power to "enlighten" an entire people.
KB> ë͕ÓÏÌÓÒÚ¸ Û͕ý¯ýÂÚ —ÂÎӒÂÍý (Skromnost' ukrashaet cheloveka).
KB> Thanks,
KB> Ken Brostrom


KB> Kenneth Brostrom, Assoc. Prof. of Russian
KB> Dept. of German and Slavic Studies
KB> 443 Manoogian Hall
KB> Wayne State University
KB> Detroit, MI 48202
KB> email: kenneth.brostrom at wayne.edu
KB> telephone: 313-577-6238

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