Great, powerful, free, truthful Russian language! Statements about the language of our people are numerous and beautiful, and perhaps the most famous is a quote by Ivan Turgenev. And these lines belong to him. But this is not the only winged aphorism devoted to this topic, so it is worth discussing it in more detail.
What great people say
One has only to listen to what beautiful words great people say about our language, when pride awakens right in the depths of our souls. A magnificent, clever, poetic, flexible and inexhaustibly rich instrument of social life - this is how Leo Tolstoy speaks of a language. It's no secret to anyone - he loved our language. Statements about the language belonging to his authorship show how this person is devoted to his people and how he appreciates what was given to him. He did not get tired of saying that the speech commanded by the Russian state has such abundance and richness that no European language can boast of. The great writer did not hesitate to call it perfection, because the way it really is. And with this it is simply impossible to argue.
Lomonosov quotes
The great scientist and writer, Mikhail Vasilievich, also loved our language. Statements about the language belonging to his pen clearly confirm this. In addition, the scientist, like many other thinkers and poets of that time, refers to history in his quotes. He says that the greatness and power of our language comes from those books that were written by our distant ancestors. They did not know that there were spelling rules, stylistics and semantics, and did not even think that there could be such. Nevertheless, their aphorisms exist to this day. Even though there were no rules before, the beauty of our language did not fade. Moreover - in our time it is unlikely that there will be as many new winged expressions with a deep meaning as there were several centuries ago.
And Mikhail Lomonosov noted a very correct feature regarding Russian speech. The writer said that it is not only the official language of a huge country, but is also considered the master of other languages, which opens up a lot of space for the whole world. It is hard to disagree. After all, the Russian language is one of the most popular in the world today.
Thoughts of foreign figures
Not only Russian writers, poets and thinkers revered the language. Statements about the language of foreign figures also occupy an important place. To some extent, they are even more significant than some aphorisms of Russian writers. After all, everyone knows that sometimes a glance from the side can say a lot more. Friedrich Engels, a German philosopher, confidently stated that the Russian language deserves to be studied all over the world. And this is not just like that: Russian is the richest, liveliest and strongest of the existing ones. And the literature written on it is unique.
Really hard to disagree with the German philosopher. Prosper Merimet, a well-known French writer, said roughly the same thing. He argued that the Russian language was created in order to express something sophisticated in it. The writer said that even one word is enough to convey thoughts. But for other languages, this would require a few sentences.
Looking to the future
Unfortunately, not all statements of the great about the Russian language evoke emotions of delight and greatness. There are those that make us seriously think about our reality. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, for example, said a phrase that horribly resembles modern reality. He said that our beautiful language under the pen of an ignoramus very quickly tends to fall. Grammar and words are distorted, and spelling is changed at the request of anyone. It is interesting that this phrase came to us from the beginning of the 19th century. But its relevance is not out of date, quite the contrary. Unfortunately, the writer was right - the degradation of the language is only progressing.
But it is not all that bad! After all, as Alexander Kuprin said, "Russian language in experienced lips is incredibly melodious, expressive and beautiful." Fortunately, in our time there are the same aesthetes and lovers of beautiful speeches. So our language will live until the love of the Russian people for it fades.
Philosophical statements of people about the Russian language
It is possible to discuss forever the place of the native language in the life of the people in general, and of each person in particular. And although today new writers' statements about the Russian language are appearing less and less, we still have a cultural heritage that has come down to our times from different centuries. And among these quotes there are many aphorisms in which there is a certain philosophical meaning. So for example Paustovsky spoke about punctuation marks. He said that these are "musical notes that hold the text firmly, preventing it from crumbling." They are designed to highlight the idea and give the phrase the correct sound.
Well, there are many different winged expressions dedicated to our language. They should be known. Of course, it is necessary to remember the uniqueness and uniqueness of the Russian language, not to pollute it and show respect. This is our history and culture, which we must preserve and pass on to posterity.