And I, as I lived, in an alien land, Will die a slave and an orphan.
MIKHAIL LERMONTOVPassions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
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He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.
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My love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out.
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Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
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Happiness comes the way the wind blows.
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Out of life’s storm I carried only a few ideas – and not one feeling.
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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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One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
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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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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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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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Evil spawns evil. The first experience of torture gives an understanding of the pleasure in tormenting others.
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Women only love those that they don’t know.
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We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.
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Women love only those whom they do not know!
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