Ivan Turgenev quotes - page 2

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights. (Ivan Turgenev)
Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late. View quote
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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 don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly. View quote
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a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it. View quote
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Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em. View quote
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Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel. View quote
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Every man's happiness is built on the unhappi-ness of another. View quote
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I don't see why it's impossible to express everything that's on one's mind. View quote
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Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev - Image
Occupation: Russian Novelist
Born: October 28, 1818
Died: September 3, 1883
Quotes count: 33
Wikipedia: Ivan Turgenev

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