Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.
IVAN TURGENEVNothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?
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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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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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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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It’s all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.
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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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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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There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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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.
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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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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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