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?
IVAN TURGENEVA 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.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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That’s what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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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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Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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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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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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So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me – a long, long road without a goal.
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It’s all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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Everyone needs help from everyone else.
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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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I was afraid of looking into my heart…afraid of thinking seriously about anything…I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to admit to myself that I was not loved.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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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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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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