The temerity to believe in nothing.
IVAN TURGENEV
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I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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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 agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.
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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don’t notice whether it’s passing quickly or slowly.
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