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If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.

Alexander Pushkin

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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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My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?
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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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Write for pleasure and publish for money.
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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
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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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