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
flames reason beats
If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason.
good-friend people ennui
Thus people--so it seems to me-- Become good friends from sheer ennui.
glasses tea pieces
Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
dream lonely grief
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 will come. Thus on a naked tree-limb, blasted By tardy winter's whistling chill, A single leaf which has outlasted Its season will be trembling still.
whole-life meetings has-beens
My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...
heart moscow riches
Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! what store of riches it imparts!
easier charm
With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm.
wish married
I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.
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.
summer dream heart
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. Struck by the clouds of cruel fate My crown of Summer bloom is sere Alone and sad, I watch and wait And wonder if the end is near. As conquered by the last cold air When Winter whistles in the wind Alone upon a branch that's bare A trembling leaf is left behind.
play wife letters
Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)
dream autumn meditation
Sad that our finest aspiration Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away.
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.
book light dust
There yet remains but one concluding tale, And then this chronicle of mine is ended Fulfilled, the duty God ordained to me, A sinner. Not without purpose did the Lord Put me to witness much for many years And educate me in the love of books. One day some indefatigable monk Will find my conscientious, unsigned work; Like me, he will light up his ikon-lamp And, shaking from the scroll the age-old dust, He will transcribe these tales in all their truth.