Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINThen came a moment of renaissance, I looked up – you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that`s beautiful and rare.
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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Please, never despise the translator. He’s the mailman of human civilization.
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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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Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane.
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Habit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
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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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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 was not born to amuse the Tsars.
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If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
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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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Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool.
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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
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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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I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
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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.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN