14 quotes
Death is an old joke, but it comes like new to everyone.
Father and Sons (1862)
I have had no such experience, but imaging that to be loved by a woman one loves is a great happiness.
A Month in the Country (1855)
In your dark workshop, let the sun shine on other men! Even our dull life has its own pride, its own happiness!
On the Eve (1860)
Each of us is guilty by the fact that he lives.
On the Eve (1860)
Blessed is he who has been young in his youth.
Rudin (1856)
Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own."
Father and Sons (1862)
After all, if you think of it, nothing is stronger in the world ... and weaker—than a word!
Torrents of Spring (1872)
Do you see that apple tree? It is broken by the weight and abundance of its own fruit. True emblem of a genius.
Rudin (1856)
The heart of another is a dark forest.
A Month in the Country (1855)
I agree with no man's opinion. I have some of my own.
"For myself, I detest the fellow, and think him a charlatan. I am certain that, in spite of his frogs, he is making no real progress in physics."
Father and Sons (1862)
I sought happiness, and I shall find—perhaps death. It seemsit was to be thus: it seems it was a sin ... But death covers all and reconciles all; does it not?
On the Eve (1860)
"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."
Father and Sons (1862)
Egoism is suicide. The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree; but pride, ambition, as the active effort after perfection, is the source of all that is great ... Yes! a man must prune away the stubborn egoism of his personality to give it the right of self-expression.
Rudin (1856)