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 PUSHKINThus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.
More Alexander Pushkin Quotes
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Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
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In this, our age of infamy Man’s choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.
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Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.
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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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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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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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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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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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Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui.
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Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.
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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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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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If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
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With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.
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