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.
IVAN TURGENEVHowever much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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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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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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Everyone needs help from everyone else.
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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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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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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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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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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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What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?
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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.
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Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
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