In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
IVAN TURGENEVCircumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Every man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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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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There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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I’m incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn’t want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I’d never experienced it.
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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?
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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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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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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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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
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