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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.

Ivan Turgenev

A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.
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Branch Himself Son Willing
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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Beginning Moments Patience Wait
Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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Death Yourself
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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Equality Miracle Person Prayer
Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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Adopt Ideas Myself Opinion
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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Desire Expectation Genuine Holy Sympathy
We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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Reach Stars
Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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Circumstance Force Punishment Road
No matter how often you knock at nature’s door, she won’t answer in words you can understand–for Nature is dumb. She’ll vibrate and moan like a violin, but you mustn’t expect a song.
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Answer Expectation Nature Song Spiritual Understand Word Yourself
I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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Myself Oneself Opinion
In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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Beginning Love Myself
What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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Important Stupidity
A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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Angry Come Himself Person
The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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Children Indecision People Word
I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
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Convince Difficult Oneself Person Treat
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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Dreams Oneself Soar Start Tired

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