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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.

Ivan Turgenev

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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Children Indecision People Word
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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Feeling Joy Love Soft Soul Sound Touch Yourself
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
However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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Answer Door Nature Word
There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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Feeling Life Moments Pass Point
We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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Reach Stars
I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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Man Myself Opinion Share
We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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Fools Happiness Monster Ourselves Young
Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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Happiness Hurt Late Worst
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
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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Acknowledgement Care Crush Human Logic Nature Recognition
I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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Actor Flirt Heart Nature
A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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Angry Come Himself Person
Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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Death Yourself
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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Childhood Cultivation Life Ourselves Past Personality Task
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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Character Fate Necessary People Responsibility Willing

Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.

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