Poems of Osip Mandelstam Quotes

“I fear you will be understood
only by those who wear the helpless smile of people
who have lost themselves in the dark wood”
― Osip Mandelstam, Poems of Osip Mandelstam

“O what a threadbare life we lead,
how pitifully poor the words of joy!
All has been seen, all will be seen again,
only the moment of recognition is sweet.”
― Osip Mandelstam, Poems of Osip Mandelstam