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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. I don't adopt any one's ideas I have 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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Tempered, gradual animation, the methodical restrain of sensations and energies, the equilibrium of sickness and health in each creature--this is nature's essence, its immutable law, this is what it's based on and what it adheres to.
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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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Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.
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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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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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Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.
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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man's the workman in it.
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The temerity to believe in nothing.
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We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.
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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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There is a sweetness in being the sole source, the autocratic and irresponsible cause of the greatest joy and profoundest pain to another.
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People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that's all!
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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.
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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, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?
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Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there'll come a time when you'll start asking just for a crust.
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