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Behind me there are already s...

Behind me there are already so many memories (...) Lots of memories, but no point in remembering them, and ahead of me a long, long road with nothing to aim for ... I just don't want to go along it.

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Only one thing bothered me: a...

Only one thing bothered me: at this very moment, as they say, of inexplicable bliss there would be a sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach and my abdomen would be assailed by a melancholy, cold shivering. In the end I couldn't abide such happiness and ran away.

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Oh youth, youth! You don't wo...

Oh youth, youth! You don't worry about anything; you seem to possess all the treasures of the universe--even sorrow gives you pleasure, even grief suits you.... And perhaps the whole secret of your charm lies not in your ability to do everything, but in your ability to think that you will do everything.

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As for work, without it, with...

As for work, without it, without painstaking work, any writer or artist definitely remains a dilettante; there's no point in waiting for so-called blissful moments, for inspiration; if it comes, so much the better--but you keep working anyway.

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He was the soul of politeness...

He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

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We’re young, we’re not monste...

We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.

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I walked in the meadows of gr...

I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.

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What a magnificent body, how ...

What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.

Ivan Turgenev 108 quotes

If we wait for the moment whe...

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

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I look up to heaven only when...

I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze.

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Great God, grant that twice t...

Great God, grant that twice two be not four.

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Death is like a fisherman, wh...

Death is like a fisherman, who, having caught a fish in his net, leaves it in the water for a time; the fish continues to swim about, but all the while the net is round it, and the fisherman will snatch it out in his own good time.

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Looking about me, listening a...

Looking about me, listening and recalling what the day had been like, I suddenly felt a secret unease in my heart and raised my eyes to the sky, but even in the sky there seemed to be no tranquillity. Dotted with stars, it constantly quivered and danced and shivered.

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He went to bed early, but cou...

He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end- death. These thoughts were familiar to him, many times had he turned them over this way and that, first shuddering at the probability of annihilation, then welcoming it, almost rejoicing in it. Suddenly a peculiarly familiar agitation took possession of him... He mused awhile, sat down at the table, and wrote down the following lines in his sacred copy-book, without a single correction.

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There's only one way for an i...

There's only one way for an individual to remain upright, not to fall to pieces, not to sink into the mire of self-oblivionorself-contempt. That's calmly to turn away from everything, to say, "Enough!" and, folding one's useless arms across one's empty breast, to retain the ultimate, the sole attainable virtue, the virtue of recognizing one's own insignificance.

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So long as one's just dreamin...

So long as one's just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.

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So many memories and so littl...

So many memories and so little worth remembering, and in front of me - a long, long road without a goal.

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In my case there was no first...

In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.

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We Russians have assigned our...

We Russians have assigned ourselves no other task in life but the cultivation of our own personalities, and when we're barely past childhood, we set to work to cultivate them, those unfortunate personalities.

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I've become convinced that ev...

I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in oneself.

Ivan Turgenev 108 quotes

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