Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
IVAN TURGENEVHowever much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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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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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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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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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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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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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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Significance is sweet.
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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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Everyone needs help from everyone else.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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Take what you can yourself, and don’t let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.
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