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# Such are our relations: we are bound to pet them, to love them, to respect them from the heart and, after the custom of the people, to visit them at Christmas or congratulate them by post, so that for the rest of the year they should not think of us... An
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- Published: 2025-01-07T17:54:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T09:18:04.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Mores, Humour

Such are our relations: we are bound to pet them,  
To love them, to respect them from the heart  
And, after the custom of the people,  
To visit them at Christmas  
Or congratulate them by post,  
So that for the rest of the year  
They should not think of us...  
And so, God grant them long days!

*Literal translation*

"Eugene Onegin", Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin