Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
IVAN TURGENEVAh, 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.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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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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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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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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Take what you can yourself, and don’t let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.
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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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I’m incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn’t want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I’d never experienced it.
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
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