Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
IVAN TURGENEVI walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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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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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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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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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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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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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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Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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Significance is sweet.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they’ve suddenly become nihilists.
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Nature creates while destroying, and doesn’t care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn’t extinguished, as long as death doesn’t lose its rights.
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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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