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Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

Alexander Pushkin

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Two fixed ideas can no more exist together in the moral world than two bodies can occupy one and the same place in the physical world.
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Existence Ideas Physical Place Togetherness World
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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Body Choice Country Decent Forget Live Marriage Try
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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Age Blessing Love Refreshment Storm Surrender
Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.
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Dance Human Soul
Habit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
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Habit Happiness Heaven Place
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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Aspiration Dreams Fine Fresh Leaving Sad Success
It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.
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Better Choice Dreams
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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Burn Bury Desire Dreams Empty Heart Live
Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
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Better Illusion Stop Truth
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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Avoid Herself Love Please Responsibility Woman
I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
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Language Myself Study Understand
If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
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Attempt Burn Flame Reason
Please, never despise the translator. He’s the mailman of human civilization.
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Civilization Human Translation
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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Active Care Fight Kind Man Mindset
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
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Happiness Joy Mouth Pieces
I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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Change Happiness Marriage Myself

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