List of Mikhail Lermontov Quotes

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Mikhail Lermontov
Total Quotes 45
For what did the creator prepare me,why did he so terribly contradictthe hopes of my youth?
Youth Creator
One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
Despair May Criminals
I was lying, but i wanted to rouse him. i have an inborn urge to contradict; my whole life has been a mere chain of sad and futile opposition to the dictates of either heart or reason. the presence of an enthusiast makes me as cold as a midwinter's day, and, i believe, frequent association with a listless phlegmatic would make me an impassioned dreamer.
Lying Believe Heart
We practically always excuse things when we understand them
Excuse
O vanity! you are the lever by means of which archimedes wished to lift the earth!
Mean Vanity Earth
The history of a man's soul, even the pettiest soul, is hardly less interesting and useful than the history of a whole people; especially when the former is the result of the observations of a mature mind upon itself, and has been written without any egotistical desire of arousing sympathy or astonishment. rousseau's confessions has precisely this defect – he read it to his friends.
Men People Interesting
Women only love those that they don’t know.
Only Love Knows
Out of life's storm i carried only a few ideas - and not one feeling.
Ideas Feelings Storm
Russian ladies, for the most part, cherish only platonic love, without mingling any thought of matrimony with it; and platonic love is exceedingly embarrassing.
Love Is Cherish Embarrassing
When we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each attribute acquired by experience falls away from the soul, which becomes anew such as it was once and will surely be again.
Children Fall Soul
A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.
Heart Strange Humans
Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
Two Friends Facts Slave
  • Born: October 15, 1814
  • Died: July 27, 1841
  • Occupation: Writer
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