Alexander PushkinEcstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.361Thought
Alexander PushkinMoral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.372Hope
Alexander PushkinI was not born to amuse the Tsars.351Humor
Alexander PushkinIf you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason. ✨ Fictional character: Evgeny Onegin. Onegin, www.imdb.com. 1999.351Life
Alexander PushkinDon't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.373LifeSadnessTime
Alexander PushkinI loved you; even now I may confess, Some embers of my love their fire retain; But do not let it cause you more distress, I do not want to sadden you again. Hopeless and tongue ti… ▶323HopeLoveSadness
Alexander PushkinA deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.368Truth
Alexander PushkinThus people--so it seems to me-- Become good friends from sheer ennui. ✨ Alexander Pushkin, James E. Falen (2009). Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse, p.41, Oxford University P… ▶3510HumanityReading
Alexander PushkinI have outlasted all desire, My dreams and I have grown apart; My grief alone is left entire, The gleamings of an empty heart. The storms of ruthless dispensation Have struck my f… ▶231LoveSadness
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)287Thought
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 Pushkin (2012). The Qu… ▶266Hope
Alexander PushkinBut even friendship like our heroes' Exist no more; for we've outgrown All sentiments and deem men zeroes-- Except of course ourselves alone. We all take on Napoleon's features, A… ▶266HumanityReadingTime
Alexander PushkinI’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.204Love
Alexander PushkinMy whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you.228Life
Alexander PushkinIt is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.173Love
Alexander PushkinIt's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the luxury of his emotions - like a tipsy travel… ▶217Reading
Alexander PushkinTry to be forgotten. Go live in the country. Stay in mourning for two years, then remarry, but choose somebody decent.207Life
Alexander PushkinI do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.229Life
Alexander PushkinI loved you: and, it may be, from my soul The former love has never gone away, But let it not recall to you my dole; I wish not sadden you in any way. I loved you silently, withou… ▶142HopeLoveSadness
Alexander PushkinI'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. Struck by the clouds of cruel fate My c… ▶153LoveSadness
Alexander PushkinI want to understand you, I study your obscure language.164Humanity
Alexander PushkinMy dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?158Humor
