Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVOf two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
More Mikhail Lermontov Quotes
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A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.
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My love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out.
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Out of life’s storm I carried only a few ideas – and not one feeling.
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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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One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
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Women love only those whom they do not know!
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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 almost always forgive those we understand.
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Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.
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What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple – without a divinity!
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I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.
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In people’s eyes I read pages of malice and sin.
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Happiness comes the way the wind blows.
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We practically always excuse things when we understand them.
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In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.
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