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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 20 quotes by Ivan Turgenev Ivan Turgenev Turgenev, by Vasily Perov, 1872 Born Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-11-09)November 9, 1818 Oryol, Russian Empire Died September 3, 1883(1883-09-03) (aged 64) Bougival, Seine-et-Oise, France Occupation Writer Genre Novel, play, short story Literary movement Realism Notable works A Sportsman's Sketches • Fathers and Sons • A Month in the Country Signature Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (/tɜrˈɡɛnjəf, -ˈɡeɪn-/; Russian: Ива н Серге... Read full biography of Ivan Turgenev → 1 2 Ctrl → To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. 0 Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em. 0 We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars. 0 The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children. 0 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... → 0 In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient... → 0 Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they... → 0 There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by. 0 Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it. 0 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... → 0 However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words. 0 Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or... → 0 A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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