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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.

Ivan Turgenev

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Ivan Turgenev
Age: 65 †
Born: 1818
Born: January 1
Died: 1883
Died: January 1
Dramaturge
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Good
Boat
Fisherman
Time
Rounds
Continues
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Leaves
Lakes
Rivers
Fishing
Caught
Swim
Sea
Fish
Water
Fishes
Death
Round
Snatch

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