An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVAn unusual beginning must have an unusual end.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVHe in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVIn people’s eyes I read pages of malice and sin.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVA strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVIf only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVMany a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVHappiness comes the way the wind blows.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVIn the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVI was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVWomen love only those whom they do not know!
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVAfraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVOf two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVWe practically always excuse things when we understand them.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVMy whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVWomen only love those that they don’t know.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVWhat is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple – without a divinity!
MIKHAIL LERMONTOV