We practically always excuse things when we understand them
—Mikhail Lermontov
Topics: Behavior, Judgement, Character, Morality, Understanding
No good ever becomes of a man who forgets an old friend
—Mikhail Lermontov
An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.
—Mikhail Lermontov
True, we might never have arrived, but the fact is we did. If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worth worrying about so much.
—Mikhail Lermontov
Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.
—Mikhail Lermontov
Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.
—Mikhail Lermontov
Topics: Love
Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.
—Mikhail Lermontov
The story of a man’s soul, however trivial, can be more interesting and instructive than the story of a whole nation
—Mikhail Lermontov
Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage. They are the property of youth, and anyone who expects to feel their thrill throughout his life is a fool. Tranquil rivers often begin as roaring waterfalls, but no river leaps and foams all the way to the sea. Tranquility, however, is often a sign of great, if hidden, power. Intensity and depth of feeling and thought preclude wild outbursts of passion; in sorrow and joy the soul takes careful stock of every situation, and sees that so it must be.
—Mikhail Lermontov
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