Everyone needs help from everyone else.
IVAN TURGENEVA 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.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they’ve suddenly become nihilists.
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What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?
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So long as one’s just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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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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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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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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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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Significance is sweet.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sorts of difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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