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.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINMy dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
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Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
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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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Write for pleasure and publish for money.
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Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane.
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Don’t be sad, don’t be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief – your time for joy will come, believe me.
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Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.
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My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you.
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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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Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.
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A man who’s active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what’s known to be decisive? Custom is despot of mankind.
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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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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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I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.
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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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