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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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Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.
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Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.
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We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.
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Every man's happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another.
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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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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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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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What's important is that twice two is four and all the rest's nonsense.
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