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 TURGENEVDeath’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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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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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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Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
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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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What’s terrible is that there’s nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.
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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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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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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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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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