I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.
IVAN TURGENEVI 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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What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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Illness isn’t the only thing that spoils the appetite.
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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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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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Every man’s happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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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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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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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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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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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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Significance is sweet.
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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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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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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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However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
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