Life deceives everyone except the individual who doesn’t contemplate it, the individual — Ivan Turgenev
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? — Ivan Turgenev
To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. — Ivan Turgenev
Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest — Ivan Turgenev
There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by. — Ivan Turgenev
People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them — Ivan Turgenev
Most people can’t understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do. — Ivan Turgenev
However much you knock at nature’s door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words. — Ivan Turgenev
Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it. — Ivan Turgenev