However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
IVAN TURGENEVBehind 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.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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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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Significance is sweet.
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Everyone needs help from everyone else.
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Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there’ll come a time when you’ll start asking just for a crust.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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Don’t force me into saying what I don’t want to say, and what I won’t say.
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Death’s an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country’s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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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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