Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVFor what did the creator prepare me,Why did he so terribly contradict, The hopes of my youth?
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In 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.
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And I, as I lived, in an alien land, Will die a slave and an orphan.
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I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom.
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I want to reconcile myself with heaven, I want to love, I want to pray, I want to believe in good.
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One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
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Women love only those whom they do not know!
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Women only love those that they don’t know.
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O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!
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Out of life’s storm I carried only a few ideas – and not one feeling.
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What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple – without a divinity!
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In people’s eyes I read pages of malice and sin.
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My love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out.
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We practically always excuse things when we understand them.
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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
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A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.
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