Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINBallet is a dance executed by the human soul.
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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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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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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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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Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
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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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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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Habit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
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With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.
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I’ve lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust; Now all that’s left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.
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Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
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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.
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Love passed, the Muse appeared, the weather of mind got clarity new-found; now free, I once more weave together emotion, thought, and magic sound.
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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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My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?
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