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Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.

Alexander Pushkin

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.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Burn Bury Desire Dreams Empty Heart Live
Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
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Love Man Raise
In this, our age of infamy Man’s choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Age Choice Himself Man Prison
Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
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Better Illusion Stop Truth
I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Change Happiness Marriage Myself
Moscow, how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts!
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Fuse Heart Store Strain
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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Beautiful Moments Myself Rare Vision
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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Interest Myself Play Position Sacrifice Win
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.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Active Care Fight Kind Man Mindset
Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Friendship Myself People
Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

Mathematics Need Poetry
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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Angry Believe Grief Joy Myself Sadness Time
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
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Happiness Joy Mouth Pieces
Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.
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Action Invention Justify Moral Occasion Ourselves Surprise
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
With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.
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Charm Kind Love Woman

Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.

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