So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.
IVAN TURGENEV
IVAN TURGENEV
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Ivan Turgenev81 quotes“So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.”
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
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Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev 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 TurgenevIvan Turgenev Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he’s something innately superior, something eternal–and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
Ivan TurgenevIvan Turgenev Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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