Ivan Turgenev Quotes

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em. - Ivan Turgenev

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? - Ivan Turgenev

Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to thisGreat God, grant that twice two be not four. - 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

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars. - Ivan Turgenev

To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice you feel in yourself. - Ivan Turgenev

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. - Ivan Turgenev

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. - Ivan Turgenev

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