I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
IVAN TURGENEVHe was the soul of politeness to everyone — to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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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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So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.
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Every man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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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.
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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Ah, 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.
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. It can give no pleasure, yet it deprives you of that most precious of rights – the right to swear and curse at your fate!
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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