The past was a dream wasn’t it? And who ever remembers dreams?
IVAN TURGENEVOne may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.
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 was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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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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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that’s all!
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?
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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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I don’t see why it’s impossible to express everything that’s on one’s mind.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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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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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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