Habit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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

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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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Depression still kept guard on him, and chased after him like a shadow – or like a faithful wife.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doesn’t take their fancy.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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