I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.
IVAN TURGENEVEvery man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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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.
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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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That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth.
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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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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sorts of difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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Significance is sweet.
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Love isn’t actually a feeling at all–it’s an illness, a certain condition of body and soul…. Usually it takes possession of someone without his permission, all of a sudden, against his will–just like cholera or a fever.
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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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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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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
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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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