Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
IVAN TURGENEV
Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.
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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
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Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel.
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We Russians have assigned ourselves no other task in life but the cultivation of our own personalities, and when we’re barely past childhood, we set to work to cultivate them, those unfortunate personalities.
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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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So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.
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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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Behind me there are already so many memories Lots of memories, but no point in remembering them, and ahead of me a long, long road with nothing to aim for I just don’t want to go along it.
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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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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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