I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
IVAN TURGENEVI only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Sternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us; only at the beginning, when we’re absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, are we unaware of its harsh hand.
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What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.
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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sorts of difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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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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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
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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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Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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