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.
IVAN TURGENEV- Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
IVAN TURGENEV
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Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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Sternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us; only at the beginning, when we’re absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, are we unaware of its harsh hand.
IVAN TURGENEVSternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us; only at the beginning, when we’re absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, are we unaware of its harsh hand.
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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.
IVAN TURGENEVYouth 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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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
IVAN TURGENEVThat’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
IVAN TURGENEVNothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
IVAN TURGENEVWe’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
IVAN TURGENEVI agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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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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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.
IVAN TURGENEVPeople 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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The temerity to believe in nothing.
IVAN TURGENEVThe temerity to believe in nothing.
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What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
IVAN TURGENEVWhat a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
IVAN TURGENEVWe sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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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.
IVAN TURGENEVI’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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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
IVAN TURGENEVGo and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
IVAN TURGENEVThe past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
IVAN TURGENEVDon’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
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