“Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.” PeopleAchieveGloryCunningHappy People Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.” PeopleIfsLittlesLife IsWorryNot Worrying Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“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
“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.” PeopleMenMindHas BeensSoulWholeDesireInterestingResultsWrittenObservationFormerMatureConfessionDefectsEgotisticalAstonishment Author:Mikhail Lermontov
