`Second freshness - that's what is nonsense! There is only … - Mikhail Bulgakov

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`Second freshness - that's what is nonsense! There is only one freshness - the first - and it is also the last. And if sturgeon is of the second freshness, that means it is simply rotten.'

Mikhail Bulgakov

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Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1891 – 10 March 1940) was a Russian-language novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov • Mikhail A. Bulgakov • Michael Bulgakov • Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov

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