Blest who was youthful in his youth;blest who matured at the right time;who gradually the chill of lifewith years was able to withstand;who never was addicted to strange dreams;who did not shun the fahsinable rabble;who was at twenty fop or blade, and then at thirty, profitably married;who rid himself at fifty of private and of other debts;who fame, money, and rankin due course calmly gained;about whom lifelong one kept saying: N. N. is an excellent man. But it is sad to think that to no purposeyouth was given us, that we betrayed it every hour, that it duped us;that our best wishes, that our fresh dreamings, in quick succession have decayedlike leaves in putrid autumn. It is unbearable to see before oneonly of dinners a long series, to look on life as on a rite, and in the wake of the decorous crowdto go, not sharing with iteither general views, or passions. Alexander Pushkin
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It is unbearable to see before one only of dinners a long series, to look on life as on a rite, and in the wake of the decorous crowd, to go, not sharing with it either general views or passions. When we think of life as a rite we think that we have done everything right and we should be happy and secure. I’ve seen people who follow such a path and they are not happy at all. They are not content with what they have and they don’t enjoy it.

The world doesn’t always give us what we want and it certainly doesn’t hand you success on a silver platter. You have to work for every piece of recognition and reward you receive and you have to work for your happiness too.

Source: Eugene Onegin

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