257 Quotes About Russian

Лучше хлеб с водой чем пирог с бедойBetter bread and water than pie with trouble

Divine angel, who betrothed usSecretly on winter morn,From our sadness-free existenceDoes not take his darkened eyes.For this reason we love sky,And fresh wind, and air so thin,And the dark tree branchesBehind fence of iron.For this reason we love the strict,Many-watered, and dark city,And we love the parting,And brief meetings' hour.

Writing is like a mental masturbation to me.

Nemoj budit odsanjane snove, nek miruje ono čega ne bi. Odveć rano zamoren životom,samo čemer osjećam u sebi.

How can you look at Nieva,How can on the bridges you rise?With a reason I'm sad since the timeYou appeared before my eyes.Sharp are black angels' wings,The last judgment is coming soon,And raspberry fires, like roses,In the white snow bloom.

I see capital through the flurryOn this Monday night twenty-first.Some do-nothing has made up the storyThat love exists on the earth.And from laziness or from boredomAll believed, and thus they live:Wait for meeting, fear the parting,And sing songs of love.But to others opens a secretAnd upon them descends a still.I by accident came upon thisAnd since then am as if I'm ill.

In the old man's face there was nothing very special - save that the chin was so greatly projected that whenever he spoke he was forced to wipe it with a handkerchief to avoid dribbling.

God is unkind to gardeners and reapers.Slanted rain coils and falls from up highAnd the wide raincoats catch water,That once had reflected the sky.In underwater realm are fields and meadowsAnd the free currents sing a lot,Plums rupture on bloated branchesAnd grass strands, lying down, rot.And through the dense and watery netI see your darling face,A quiet park, a round porchAnd a Chinese arbour-place.

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