He was the soul of politeness to everyone — to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

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He was the soul of politeness to everyone — to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

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Love isn’t actually a feeling at all–it’s an illness, a certain condition of body and soul…. Usually it takes possession of someone without his permission, all of a sudden, against his will–just like cholera or a fever.

IVAN TURGENEV

Love isn’t actually a feeling at all–it’s an illness, a certain condition of body and soul…. Usually it takes possession of someone without his permission, all of a sudden, against his will–just like cholera or a fever.
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Willing
Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.

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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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Feed
I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.

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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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Flirt
In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.

IVAN TURGENEV

In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.

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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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Mediocre
A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.

IVAN TURGENEV

A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.

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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
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Autocracy Source Sweet
Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.

IVAN TURGENEV

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
IVAN TURGENEV
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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Jealous
Significance is sweet.

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Significance is sweet.
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Sweet
Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

IVAN TURGENEV

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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Circumstance
That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.

IVAN TURGENEV

That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.
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People 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.

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People 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.
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Responsibility Willing
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?

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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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Ego
I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.

IVAN TURGENEV

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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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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