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.
IVAN TURGENEVPeople without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
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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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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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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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A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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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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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
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The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they’ve suddenly become nihilists.
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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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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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Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
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Behind me there are already so many memories Lots of memories, but no point in remembering them, and ahead of me a long, long road with nothing to aim for I just don’t want to go along it.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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