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.
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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What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.
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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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People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
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We sit in the mud and reach for the stars.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
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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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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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All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to go and invent all sorts of difficulties for themselves and spoil their lives.
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I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor’s nature.
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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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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
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What’s important is that twice two is four and all the rest’s nonsense.
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