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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.

Ivan Turgenev

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
IVAN TURGENEV

Difficult Feeling Home Kind Religious Survive Training
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
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Ego Feeling Goodness Strength
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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Human Known Notice Pass Quick Time
We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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Reach Stars
Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don’t have far to go, either.
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Angry Failure Far Jealous Road Strength
I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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Heaven Myself
I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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Myself Oneself Opinion
Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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Man Miracle Prayer Reduce
Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.
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Death Goodness Leaving Time Water
Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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Death Deep Encounter Joke New
I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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Actor Flirt Heart Nature
Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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Bird Fairy Tale Feed
I was afraid of looking into my heart…afraid of thinking seriously about anything…I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to admit to myself that I was not loved.
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Admit Afraid Heart Love Myself
What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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Important Stupidity
Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
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Blow Different People Understand
There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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Feeling Life Moments Pass Point

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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