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.
IVAN TURGENEVDeath 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.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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Every man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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I agree with no one’s opinion. I have some of my own.
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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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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.
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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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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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Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don’t have far to go, either.
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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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Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?
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One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
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A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
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I share no man’s opinions; I have my own.
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