Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN HappinessJoyMouthPieces
Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN MathematicsNeedPoetry
Please, never despise the translator. He’s the mailman of human civilization. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN CivilizationHumanTranslation
Sad that our finest aspiration, Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AspirationDreamsFineFreshLeavingSadSuccess
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 BurnBuryDesireDreamsEmptyHeartLive
Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife) ALEXANDER PUSHKIN DarlingFamilyLearningOrganization
Don’t be sad, don’t be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief – your time for joy will come, believe me. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AngryBelieveGriefJoyMyselfSadnessTime
I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN LifeLiveOldWomanYourself
Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN BrilliantCapacitySanity
With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN CharmKindLoveWoman
Thus people–so it seems to me– Become good friends from sheer ennui. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN FriendshipMyselfPeople
Moscow, how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts! ALEXANDER PUSHKIN FuseHeartStoreStrain
Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN BetterIllusionStopTruth
Try to be forgotten. Go live in the country. Stay in mourning for two years, then remarry, but choose somebody decent. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN BodyChoiceCountryDecentForgetLiveMarriageTry
If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AttemptBurnFlameReason
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. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN BeautifulMomentsMyselfRareVision
It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN BetterChoiceDreams
Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN ArgumentDifferenceFearFlatteryFoolsInsult
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. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AppearanceEmotionFindingLoveMagicSoundTogethernessWeave
I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN ChangeHappinessMarriageMyself
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. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN ExistenceIdeasPhysicalPlaceTogethernessWorld
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 ActiveCareFightKindManMindset
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. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AgeBlessingLoveRefreshmentStormSurrender
A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN DearDeceptionElevateHostLowTruth
