16 цитат Эмили Дикинсона: от иронии до философии

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   Прошлое — нет существа странней. Глянешь в упор — И тебя ожидает восторг Или позор.

   Прошлое — нет существа странней. Глянешь в упор — И тебя ожидает восторг Или позор.
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   We never know we go when we are going: We jest and shut the Door, Fate — following — behind us bolts it - And we accost no more.

   We never know we go when we are going: We jest and shut the Door, Fate — following — behind us bolts it - And we accost no more.
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   Unable are the Loved to die For Love is Immortality Nay, it is Deity Unable they that love — to die For Love reforms Vitality Into Divinity

   Unable are the Loved to die For Love is Immortality Nay, it is Deity Unable they that love — to die For Love reforms Vitality Into Divinity
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   We outgrow love, like other things And put it in the Drawer - Till it an Antique fashion shows - Like Costumes Grandsires wore.

   We outgrow love, like other things And put it in the Drawer - Till it an Antique fashion shows - Like Costumes Grandsires wore.
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   We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies — The Heroism we recite Would be a dialy thing Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King

   We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies — The Heroism we recite Would be a dialy thing Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King
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   Главнейшие народы мира Малы на взгляд. Для них всегда открыто небо — Не страшен ад. Но много ль скажут любопытным Их имена? Народами шмелей — и прочих — Трава полна.

   Главнейшие народы мира Малы на взгляд. Для них всегда открыто небо — Не страшен ад. Но много ль скажут любопытным Их имена? Народами шмелей — и прочих — Трава полна.
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   Надеюсь, вы тоже любите птиц. Это выгодно — вы экономите на путешествии в рай.

   Надеюсь, вы тоже любите птиц. Это выгодно — вы экономите на путешествии в рай.
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   My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me,

   My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me,
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   This was a Poet — It is That Distills amazing sense From ordinary Meanings — And Attar so immense

   This was a Poet — It is That Distills amazing sense From ordinary Meanings — And Attar so immense
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    If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.

    If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.
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    Вечность состоит из множества сейчас.

    Вечность состоит из множества сейчас.
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    It were infinite enacted In the Human Heart — Only Theatre recorded Owner cannot shut.

    It were infinite enacted In the Human Heart — Only Theatre recorded Owner cannot shut.
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    Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind.

    Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind.
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    Best Grief is Tongueless — before He'll tell - Burn Him in the Public Square - His Ashes — will Possibly — if they refuse — How then know - Since a Rack couldn't coax a syllable — now.

    Best Grief is Tongueless — before He'll tell - Burn Him in the Public Square - His Ashes — will Possibly — if they refuse — How then know - Since a Rack couldn't coax a syllable — now.
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    To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.

    To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.
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    Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me - The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality.

    Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me - The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality.