Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin; 6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 June 1799
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
fighting men mind
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.
unrequited-love love-is men
Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.
pain men gone-away
I 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, without hope, fully, In diffidence, in jealousy, in pain; I loved you so tenderly and truly, As let you else be loved by any man.
hero men feelings
But 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, And millions of our fellow creatures Are nothing more to us than tools... Since feelings are for freaks and fools. Eugene, of course, had keen perceptions And on the whole despised mankind, Yet wasn't, like so many, blind; And since each rule permits exceptions, He did respect a noble few, And, cold himself, gave warmth its due.
men tyrants choices
In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.
believe night men
It'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 traveller resting for the night at wayside inn.
ecstasy piece sugar tea
Ecstasy is a glassful of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
brink dreamt mighty wild
Upon the brink of the wild streamHe stood, and dreamt a mighty dream.
brink dreamt mighty stream wild
Upon the brink of the wild stream He stood, and dreamt a mighty dream.
spring blessing yield
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.
heart dust together
Tis time, my friend, 'tis time! For rest the heart is aching; Days follow days in flight, and every day is taking Fragments of being, while together you and I Make plans to live. Look, all is dust, and we shall die.
dream youth sweetness
My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?
heaven habit redress
Habit is Heaven's own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
ideas two together
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.