“I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.” WorldWholeBornWhole WorldTriumphDoom 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
“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
“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
“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
