Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
IVAN TURGENEVWhat a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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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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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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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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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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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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Love isn’t actually a feeling at all–it’s an illness, a certain condition of body and soul…. Usually it takes possession of someone without his permission, all of a sudden, against his will–just like cholera or a fever.
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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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I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.
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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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What’s terrible is that there’s nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.
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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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