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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?

Ivan Turgenev

Significance is sweet.
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One Liner Sweet
What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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Important Stupidity
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
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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Desire Expectation Genuine Holy Sympathy
What’s terrible is that there’s nothing terrible, that the very essence of life is petty, uninteresting, and degradingly trite.
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Degrade Essence Life Terrible
Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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Adopt Ideas Myself Opinion
The temerity to believe in nothing.
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Believe One Liner
I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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Expression Impossible Mindset Oneself
The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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Dreams Past Remember
Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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Death Deep Encounter Joke New
Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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Man Nature Temple Workshop
Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this – Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
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Equality Miracle Person Prayer
A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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Angry Come Himself Person
The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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Children Indecision People Word
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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Angry Failure Far Jealous Road Strength
I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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Feeling Live Myself Time

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