Relationships
Friendship
Translated by Ivan Panin (1888) · From Poems (Panin, 1888)
Relationships
Thus it ever was and ever will be,
Such of old is the world wide:
The learned are many, the sages few,
Acquaintance many, but not a friend!
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MLA
Pushkin, Alexander. “Friendship.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/58/.
Chicago
Pushkin, Alexander. “Friendship.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/58/.
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