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

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

Alexander Pushkin

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

Thus people--so it seems to me-- Become good friends from sheer ennui.

Thus people--so it seems to me-- Become good friends from sheer ennui.

In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.

In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.

Habit is Heaven's own redress: it takes the place of happiness.

Habit is Heaven's own redress: it takes the place of happiness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.

Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

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

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

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

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

Write for pleasure and publish for money.

Write for pleasure and publish for money.

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

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.

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

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

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

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.

Better the illusions that exalt us than ten thousand truths.