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He was the soul of politeness to everyone — to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.
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What's important is that twice two is four and all the rest's nonsense.
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That's what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.
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If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin.
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A nihilist is a man who does not bow to any authorities, who does not take any principle on trust, no matter with what respect that principle is surrounded.
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Looking about me, listening and recalling what the day had been like, I suddenly felt a secret unease in my heart and raised my eyes to the sky, but even in the sky there seemed to be no tranquillity. Dotted with stars, it constantly quivered and danced and shivered.
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The fact is that previously they were simply dunces and now they've suddenly become nihilists.
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Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
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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 bloom or as they fade away.
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Born:
November 9, 1818
Died:
September 3, 1883
(aged 64)
Bio:
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright.
Known for:
Fathers and Sons (1862)
First Love (1860)
A Sportsman's Sketches (1852)
Rudin (1856)
Torrents of Spring (1872)
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