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.
IVAN TURGENEVI’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.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don’t notice whether it’s passing quickly or slowly.
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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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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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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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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.
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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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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there’ll come a time when you’ll start asking just for a crust.
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