Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVMy love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out.
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In people’s eyes I read pages of malice and sin.
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For what did the creator prepare me,Why did he so terribly contradict, The hopes of my youth?
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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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No good ever becomes of a man who forgets an old friend.
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Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
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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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Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.
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We almost always forgive those we understand.
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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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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
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We practically always excuse things when we understand them.
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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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Out of life’s storm I carried only a few ideas – and not one feeling.
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My love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out.
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We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.
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