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I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that if cast ashore he would weary and languish no matter how alluring the shady groves and how bright the gentle sun.

— Mikhail Lermontov A Hero of Our Time (1840)

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Women love only the men they don’t know.

Alone, as before, in the universe
Without hope and without love!..

The Demon (1830)

What would a woman not do to hurt a rival!

I want to reconcile myself with heaven,
I want to love, I want to pray,
I want to believe in good.

The Demon (1830)

In people's eyes I read
Pages of malice and sin.

The Prophet (1841)

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