Ivan Goncharov Quote

"And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate — and yet he did nothing!" "But why? What was the reason?" "The reason... what reason was there? Oblo-movism!"

Oblomov (1859), pt. IV, ch. 12

And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate — and yet he did nothing! But why? ...

And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate — and yet he did nothing! But why? ...

And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate — and yet he did nothing! But why? ...

And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate — and yet he did nothing! But why? ...