Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
IVAN TURGENEVSo long as one’s just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. It can give no pleasure, yet it deprives you of that most precious of rights – the right to swear and curse at your fate!
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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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We Russians have assigned ourselves no other task in life but the cultivation of our own personalities, and when we’re barely past childhood, we set to work to cultivate them, those unfortunate personalities.
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Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?
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People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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