Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
IVAN TURGENEVThere are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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I’m incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn’t want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I’d never experienced it.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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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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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they’ve suddenly become nihilists.
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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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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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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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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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Everyone needs help from everyone else.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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I never started from ideas but always from character.
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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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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.
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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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