Take what you can yourself, and don’t let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.
IVAN TURGENEVWhatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
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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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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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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 share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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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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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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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’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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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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Significance is sweet.
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