The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINFearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)
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Then came a moment of renaissance, I looked up – you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that`s beautiful and rare.
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My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?
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As long as there is one heart on Earth where I still live, my memory will not die.
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Try to be forgotten. Go live in the country. Stay in mourning for two years, then remarry, but choose somebody decent.
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Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
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Write for pleasure and publish for money.
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Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
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Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.
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I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
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A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.
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Sad that our finest aspiration, Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.
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