Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVWhat is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple – without a divinity!
More Mikhail Lermontov Quotes
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We practically always excuse things when we understand them.
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A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular.
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Women love only those whom they do not know!
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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
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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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Evil spawns evil. The first experience of torture gives an understanding of the pleasure in tormenting others.
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And I, as I lived, in an alien land, Will die a slave and an orphan.
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We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.
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O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!
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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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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 only love those that they don’t know.
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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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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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I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom.
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