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Fyodor Tyutchev Quotes

1803–1873 Russia

Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев; December 5 (November 23 O.S.) 1803 - July 27 (July 15 O.S.) 1873) was a Russian poet and statesman.

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Who would grasp Russia with the mind?
For her no yardstick was created:
Her soul is of a special kind,
By faith alone appreciated.

Who would grasp Russia with the mind? (1866)

I love May's first storms:
chuckling, sporting spring
grumbles in mock anger;
young thunder claps.

How can a heart expression find?
How should another know your mind?
Will he discern what quickens you?
A thought once uttered is untrue.

Separation has this lofty meaning:
if love lasts years, if but a day it takes,
love's just a dream and we're a moment dreaming,
and whether early, whether late the waking,
the time must finally arrive when we awake.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Fyodor Tyutchev (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.