Aleksandr Pushkin

"If you want to be happy, be."

"The more I live, the more I realize that I know nothing."

"I loved you; and I probably still do, and will always do."

"The heart wants what it wants."

"Talent is formed in stillness, character in the world's torrent."

"There is a superstition in avoiding superstition."

"The less we love a woman, the more we succeed with her."

"History is the sacred book of nations."

"I have loved correctly those who have understood me."

"The illusion which exalts us is dearer than a thousand truths."

"What is the source of sadness but time itself?"

"Blessed is he who believes, warms himself by faith."

"I have known real poverty and real indifference."

"My fate is sealed and my last hour awaits me."

"Freedom! That's the word we're all seeking."

"The ambitious young man, the dreaming youth must blush."

"Literature is the most noble of passions."

"A poet's word is his bond."

"The poetry of life lies in the details."

"Inspiration is needed in geometry just as in poetry."

"To live is to feel, to suffer."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"I am not a prophet, but a poet."

"The mind is its own place."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Imagination rules the world."

"Where there is great love, there is great pain."

"The eyes are the windows to the soul."

"Peace comes from within."

"I am but a humble servant of the muse."