O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVOf two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
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I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom.
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One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
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A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.
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Out of life’s storm I carried only a few ideas – and not one feeling.
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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
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I want to reconcile myself with heaven, I want to love, I want to pray, I want to believe in good.
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We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.
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Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
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Women only love those that they don’t know.
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If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.
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Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.
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Evil spawns evil. The first experience of torture gives an understanding of the pleasure in tormenting others.
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My love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out.
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Women love only those whom they do not know!
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Happiness comes the way the wind blows.
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