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That's what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
Ivan Turgenev
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Ivan Turgenev
Age: 65 †
Born: 1818
Born: January 1
Died: 1883
Died: January 1
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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I only know that I feel tired, antiquated I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.
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Circumstances define us they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.
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I was afraid of looking into my heart...afraid of thinking seriously about anything...I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to admit to myself that I was not loved.
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Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.
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Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.
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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. I don't adopt any one's ideas I have my own.
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I share no man's opinions I have my own.
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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.
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Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.
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In my case there was no first love. I began with the second.
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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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A withered maple leaf has left its branch and is falling to the ground its movements resemble those of a butterfly in flight. Isn't it strange? The saddest and deadest of things is yet so like the gayest and most vital of creatures?
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that's all!
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I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.
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