Please, never despise the translator. He’s the mailman of human civilization.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINWith womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.
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Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
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Tis time, my friend, ’tis time! For rest the heart is aching; Days follow days in flight, and every day is taking, Fragments of being, while together you and I, Make plans to live. Look, all is dust, and we shall die.
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Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.
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To love all ages yield surrender; But to the young it’s raptures bring A blessing bountiful and tender- As storms refresh the fields of spring.
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
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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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Write for pleasure and publish for money.
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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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My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you.
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Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane.
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In this, our age of infamy Man’s choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.
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Moscow, how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts!
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Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.
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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.
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