“In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.” MenAgeChoicesPrisonerTyrantsTraitorInfamy Author:Alexander Pushkin
“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.” MenMindCareFightingKnownMankindActiveCustomsNailsDespots Author:Alexander Pushkin
“Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.” MenLove IsRaisesUnrequited LoveUnrequitedAffront Author:Alexander Pushkin
“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.” MenWayMaySoulPainWishGoneMy SoulFormerRecallsWithout HopeI Loved YouGone AwayDiffidenceFormer Love Author:Alexander Pushkin
“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.” MenWholeFeelingsCoursesMillionsMankindFoolColdHeroCreaturesPerceptionToolsFellowsBlindDuesNobleFeaturesExceptionSentimentsWarmthPermitFreakDespised Book:Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse Source: Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
“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.” MenBelieveNightEmotionLuckyIntellectualCommittedLuxuryRelaxDetachmentTravellerInnsLucky ManTipsy Author:Alexander Pushkin
