Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don’t notice whether it’s passing quickly or slowly.
IVAN TURGENEVWhatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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Ah, but in time the heat of noontide passes, and to it there succeed nightfall and dusk, with a return to the quiet fold where for the weary an the heavy-laden there waits sleep, sweet sleep.
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It’s all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.
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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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There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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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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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
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Love isn’t actually a feeling at all–it’s an illness, a certain condition of body and soul…. Usually it takes possession of someone without his permission, all of a sudden, against his will–just like cholera or a fever.
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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sorts of difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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Every man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
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