If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINIf you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINI was not born to amuse the Tsars.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINMy dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?
ALEXANDER PUSHKINMoscow, how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts!
ALEXANDER PUSHKINCabbage soup and barley. They’re Russia’s national food. Both excellent in their way, but a shade monotonous.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINAs long as there is one heart on Earth where I still live, my memory will not die.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINThen came a moment of renaissance, I looked up – you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that`s beautiful and rare.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINHabit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINI want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINThank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)
ALEXANDER PUSHKINLove passed, the Muse appeared, the weather of mind got clarity new-found; now free, I once more weave together emotion, thought, and magic sound.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINPlay 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 PUSHKINTo 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.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINMoral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINThe 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.
ALEXANDER PUSHKINMy whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you.
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN