Ivan Turgenev - Person Quotes

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"Naturally," observed Nikolai Petrovich, "you were born here, so everything is bound to strike you with a special —" "Really, Daddy, it makes absolutely no difference where a person is born." "Still —" "No, it makes no difference at all."

Ivan Turgenev

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 four.

Ivan Turgenev

'There was a time,' Nikolai Artemyevitch resumed, 'when daughters did not allow themselves to look down on their parents—when the parental authority forced the disobedient to tremble. That time has passed, unhappily: so at least many persons imagine; but let me tell you, there are still laws which do not permit—do not permit—in fact there are still laws. I beg you to mark that: there are still laws——'

Ivan Turgenev

I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in oneself.

Ivan Turgenev