“I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.” WorldWholeBornWhole WorldTriumphDoom 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
“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
“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
“I love enemies, though not in the Christian way. They amuse me, excite my blood. Being always on one’s guard, catching every glance, the significance of every word, guessing at intentions, frustrating their plots, pretending to be tricked, and suddenly, with a shove, upturning the whole enormous and arduously built edifice of their cunning and schemes—that’s what I call life.” WayWholeChristianEnemyBloodBuiltIntentionEnormousPlotSignificancePretendingSchemesGlancesFrustratingCunningCatchingGuessingEdifice Author:Mikhail Lermontov
“I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.” WorldWholeHateReadyUnderstoodWhole WorldReady For Love 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
“I have a congenital desire to contradict; my whole life is merely a chain of sad and unsuccessful contradictions to heart and mind. When faced with enthusiasm, I am seized by a midwinter freeze, and I suppose that frequent dealings with sluggish phlegmatics would have made a passionate dreamer.” MindHeartMadeWholeLife IsDesirePassionateWhole LifeEnthusiasmChainsContradictionDreamerHeart And MindFreezeUnsuccessfulDealingsSluggishMidwinter Author:Mikhail Lermontov
