Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.
IVAN TURGENEVCircumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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So 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.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.
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He was the soul of politeness to everyone — to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.
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Behind me there are already so many memories Lots of memories, but no point in remembering them, and ahead of me a long, long road with nothing to aim for I just don’t want to go along it.
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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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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he’s something innately superior, something eternal–and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.
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Ah, but in time the heat of noontide passes, and to it there succeed nightfall and dusk, with a return to the quiet fold where for the weary an the heavy-laden there waits sleep, sweet sleep.
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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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