Quotes by Alexander Pushkin

About Alexander Pushkin:

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
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In alien lands I keep the body Of ancient native rites and things: I gladly free a little birdie At celebration of the spring. I'm now free for consolation, And thankful to almighty Lord: At least, to one of his creations I've given freedom in this w...

Alexander Pushkin

God save us from seeing a Russian revolt, senseless and merciless. Those who plot impossible upheavals among us, are either young and do not know our people, or are hard-hearted men who do not care a straw either about their own lives or those of oth...

Alexander Pushkin

My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...

Alexander Pushkin

Perhaps you'd like, you gentle fellow, To hear what I'm prepared to say On "kinfolk" and their implications? Well, here's my view of close relations: They're people whom we're bound to prize, To honor, love, and idolize, And following the old traditi...

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Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.

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But flaming youth in all it's madness Keeps nothing of its heart concealed: It's loves and hates, its joys and sadness, Are babbled out and soon revealed.

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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

The less we love her when we woo her, The more we draw a woman in,

Alexander Pushkin

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

Alexander Pushkin

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.

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Ever peaceful be you slumber Though your days were few in number On this earth-spite took its toll- Yet shall heaven have your soul With pure love we did regard you For your loved one did we guard you But you came not to the groom Only to a chill dar...

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I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.

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I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

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I 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 flowery garland numb, I live in lonely desolation And wonder when my end...

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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth." [From: 19 Lessons On Tea]

Alexander Pushkin

Author Bio

  • NameAlexander Pushkin
  • DescriptionRussian poet
  • AliasesAlexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
  • BornJune 6, 1799
  • DiedFebruary 10, 1837
  • CountryRussian Empire
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Prosaist; Playwright; Literary Critic; Translator; Historian
  • WorksEugene Onegin; The Captain's Daughter; Boris Godunov; Ruslan And Ludmila