Author of quotes: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

He seems to have disappeared.

Serve faithfully to whom you pledge allegiance; obey your superiors; Don’t chase their affection; don’t ask for service; do not dissuade yourself from serving; and remember the proverb: take care of your dress again, but take care of your honor from a young age.

In general, I write a lot about myself, but I print out of captivity and solely for money; I want to appear in front of an audience that doesn’t understand you, to have four fools scold you for six months in their magazines, and I just can’t swear. There was a time when literature was a noble, aristocratic field. Nowadays it's a lousy market.

This is a mortal's lot!

Why should you take it?

You know how to evaluate your work more strictly than anyone else.

The new year is already coming - God grant that it will be happier for us than the one that is expiring.

September 19, 1833

Only a terrible shock could destroy inveterate slavery in Russia.

I thank you for promising not to flirt: even though I allowed you this, it’s better not to use my permission.

Don't lie everything you know. There is no salvation in many words.

If my notes fall into your hands, remember that the best and most lasting changes are those that come from the improvement of morals, without any violent upheavals.

A bad peace is better than a good quarrel, but a dishonest one is so healthy.

... how akin to a person to indulge in superstition, despite all possible contempt for prejudice.