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.
IVAN TURGENEVGo forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don’t have far to go, either.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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Significance is sweet.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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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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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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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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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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Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don’t have far to go, either.
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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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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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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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