“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.” BelieveHeartHas BeensReasonWholeWantedLyingI BelieveColdMereWhole LifeChainsOppositionUrgesDreamerAssociationImpassionedMidwinter Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“There are two men in me--one lives in the full sense of the word, the other reasons and passes judgment on the first. The first will perhaps take leave of you and the world forever in an hour now; and the second . . . the second?” MenWorldFirstsTwoReasonHoursForeverJudgment Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“What of it? If I die, I die. It will be no great loss to the world, and I am thoroughly bored with life. I am like a man yawning at a ball; the only reason he does not go home to bed is that his carriage has not arrived yet.” IfsMenWorldDoeReasonHomeDiesLossBedBallsBoredCarriagesYawningGreat Loss Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“My whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.” Has BeensReasonWholeFeelingsWhole LifeMiserableDenialSuccessionUnsuccessful Author:Mikhail Lermontov
