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"Blessed is he who was young in his youth"
blazhen kto smolodu
also: блажен, кто смолоду был молод
A line echoing Pushkin's Eugene Onegin (8.10), "Blessed is he who was young in his youth"; Ivan Nikitich garbles this beloved literary tag into drunken wedding-toast bathos, attributing it only to 'a great poet.'
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- The Chemist's Wife §55 Блажен, кто смолоду был молод
Obtyosov misattributes to Shakespeare a line that actually echoes Pushkin's Eugene Onegin (8.10, "Blessed is he who was young in his youth") -- the same garbled tag another Chekhov character mangles in "Korrespondent," here deployed as tipsy gallantry rather than a wedding toast.
- The Correspondent §33 A great poet has said
Echoes the famous line from Pushkin's \emph{Eugene Onegin} (8.10), "Blessed is he who was young in his youth" -- Ivan Nikitich garbles a beloved literary tag into drunken wedding-toast bathos.
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