Quotes by Fjodor Ivanovics Tyutcsev

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The history of Russia up to Peter the Great is a whole mess, and after Peter the Great, a criminal trial.

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I don't miss the homeland, but foreignness.

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A conversation in letters tires you almost as much as a game of chess by mail.

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Happy is he who has visited this world In its fatal moments!

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We must admit that the position of the Russian God is not a sinecure.

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On the changing earth Nothing is higher than glory.

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Croit lovers, fools and poets are all made of dough!

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When memories wither in our hearts, death makes them bloom in his hands.

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More shameful than old men's love Is their thorny elk.

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Hide the treasures of your soul. Who cares if they know? Avoid the noise and hustle of the blind world. Listen to the harmony that plays within you. Live unknown.

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Oh, when our old age comes, Our love is deeper and more superstitious... Shine, shine, our twilight, The light of our ultimate love, shine!