Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.
IVAN TURGENEVThere is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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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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The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they’ve suddenly become nihilists.
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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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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.
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Belonging to oneself–the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
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I’m incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn’t want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I’d never experienced it.
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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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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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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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