Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV AfraidBuryDeathDecisionFeelingHeartMyself
If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV LifePeopleThinkingWorry
O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth! MIKHAIL LERMONTOV BeliefEarthPowerYourself
I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV LearningLoveMyselfReadyUnderstandWorld
We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV CommitmentDemandNovelSurvive
He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV DreamsHimselfMadnessPeacePrayerStorm
I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectator Of my triumph or my doom. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV AudienceBornFailureMyselfSuccessWorld
A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman’s heart in particular. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV HeartHumanStrangeWoman
Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV IdeasInitialOne LinerPassionStage
I want to reconcile myself with heaven, I want to love, I want to pray, I want to believe in good. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV BelieveGoodnessHeavenLoveMyselfPrayer
One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV CrimeDespairHimself
No good ever becomes of a man who forgets an old friend. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV ForgetFriendshipGoodnessManMyself
For what did the creator prepare me,Why did he so terribly contradict, The hopes of my youth? MIKHAIL LERMONTOV CreationHopePrepareTerribleYouth
And I, as I lived, in an alien land, Will die a slave and an orphan. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV DeathForeignLiveMyselfOrphanSlave
My love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV DarknessGrowthLoveOneselfSoul
What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple – without a divinity! MIKHAIL LERMONTOV DivineEmptyForeverRingTempleWord
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. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV EyesLaughterPeoplePlaceSorrow
Out of life’s storm I carried only a few ideas – and not one feeling. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV CarryFeelingIdeasLifeOneselfStorm
Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV AcknowledgeFactFriendshipHimselfSlave
My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV FeelingLifeMiseryMyselfReason
Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning. MIKHAIL LERMONTOV AchievementGloryHappinessIgnoranceOneselfPeopleSuccess
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