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I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.
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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What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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I'm incapable of describing the feeling with which I left. I wouldn't want it ever to be repeated, but I would have considered myself unfortunate if I'd never experienced it.
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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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I share no man's opinions I have my own.
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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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Every man's happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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I walked in the meadows of green grieving for my life.
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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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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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Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that's all!
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