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 taking responsibility for themselves.

Quote by Ivan Turgenev

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Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone...

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone...

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is...

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is...

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and...

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and...

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as...

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as...

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel...

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel...

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or...

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or...

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do...

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do...

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes...

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes...

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one...

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one...

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a...

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a...

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity...

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity...

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...