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 PUSHKINMoscow, how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts!
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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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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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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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.
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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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Write for pleasure and publish for money.
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My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you.
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
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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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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
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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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I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.
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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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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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Habit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
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