Play interests me very much,” said Hermann: “but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINWrite for pleasure and publish for money.
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Moscow, how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts!
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
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Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
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A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.
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Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.
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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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My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you.
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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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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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Please, never despise the translator. He’s the mailman of human civilization.
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