I was not born to amuse the Tsars..

If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason..

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..

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

As long as there is one heart on Earth where I still live, my memory will not die..

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths..

Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him..

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me..

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths..

The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of phil….

Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization..

It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all..

I 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….

Then came a moment of renaissance, I looked up - you again are there, A fleeting vision, the quintessence Of all that`s beautiful and rare..

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse..

I want to understand you, I study your obscure language..

Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool..

With womankind, the less we love them, the easier they become to charm..

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….

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 ….

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