3 Aleksandr Pushkin Quotes on Culture

Aleksandr Pushkin quotes on culture

3. And thus He mused: 'From here, indeed Shall we strike terror in the Swede? And here a city by our labor Founded, shall gall our haughty neighbor; 'Here cut' - so Nature gives command - Your window through on Europe; stand Firm-footed by the sea, unchanging!

16. Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! what store of riches it imparts!

25. 'Ace has won!' cried Hermann, showing his card. 'Your queen has lost,' said Chekalinsky, politely. Hermann started; instead of an ace, there lay before him the queen of spades! He could not believe his eyes, nor could he understand how he had made such a mistake. At that moment it seemed to him that the queen of spades smiled ironically and winked her eye at him. He was struck by her remarkable resemblance... 'The old Countess!' he exclaimed, seized with terror.