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Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.
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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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.
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Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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Go and try to disprove death. Death will disprove you, and that's all!
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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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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. I don't adopt any one's ideas I have my own.
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