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Sternly, remorselessly, fate guides each of us only at the beginning, when we're absorbed in details, in all sorts of nonsense, in ourselves, are we unaware of its harsh hand.

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
Beginning
Absorbed
Hand
Harsh
Hands
Sorts
Nonsense
Guides
Details
Remorselessly
Fate
Sternly
Ignorance
Unaware

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