Fyodor Tyutchev quotes

I love May's first storms: chuckling, sporting spring grumbles in mock anger; young thunder claps. (Fyodor Tyutchev)
Russia cannot be understood with the mind alone, No ordinary yardstick can span her greatness: She stands alone, unique – In Russia, one can only believe. View quote
Fyodor Tyutchev
How can a heart expression find? How should another know your mind? Will he discern what quickens you? A thought once uttered is untrue. View quote
Fyodor Tyutchev
After tumbling down the mountain, a stone lies in a valley. How did it fall away? Right now, no-one knows. Did it tear from the heights on its own? Or was it cast down by the will of another? Aeons have flowed by, yet no-one knows the reason why. View quote
Fyodor Tyutchev
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. View quote
Fyodor Tyutchev