“I've an insatiable craving inside me that consumes everything and makes me regard the sufferings and joys of others only in their relationship to me, as food to sustain my spiritual powers. I am no longer capable of loosing my head in love, Ambition has been crushed in me by circumstances, but it has come out in another way, for ambition is nothing but a lust for power and my chief delight is to dominate those around me. To inspire in others love, devotion, fear - isn't that the first symptom and the supreme triumph of power? To cause another person suffering or joy, having no right to do so - isn't that the sweetest food of pride?” EvilPowerHuman NaturePrideCorruption Book:A Hero of Our Time Source: A Hero of Our Time
“In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.” PeopleFirstsEyeEvilSorrowProfoundHis EyesLastingLaughed Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“I was modest--they accused me of being crafty: I became secretive. I felt deeply good and evil--nobody caressed me, everybody offended me: I became rancorous. I was gloomy--other children were merry and talkative. I felt myself superior to them--but was considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world--none understood me: and I learned to hate.” WorldChildrenWholeHateEvilFeltReadyUnderstoodWhole WorldSuperiorsGood And EvilInferiorsModestOffendedAccusedMerryEnviousGloomySecretiveCraftyTalkativeReady For Love Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“Evil spawns evil. The first experience of torture gives an understanding of the pleasure in tormenting others.” GivingFirstsEvilUnderstandingPleasureTortureSpawn Author:Mikhail Lermontov
