Ivan Panin

We are not men, but promises of men.

— Ivan Panin

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.

— Ivan Panin

History is not fable agreed upon, but truth disagreed upon.

— Ivan Panin

Gossip is putting two and two together, and making it five.

— Ivan Panin

Our comforts come from God; our sorrows, from ourselves.

— Ivan Panin

Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

— Ivan Panin

Solve the problem of life? Live, and you solve it.

— Ivan Panin

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

— Ivan Panin

What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach.

— Ivan Panin

It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning.

— Ivan Panin

Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.

— Ivan Panin

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

— Ivan Panin

Few can tell what they know without also showing what they do not know.

— Ivan Panin

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but…

— Ivan Panin

Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it.

— Ivan Panin

It may be true that love is blind, but only for what is ugly: its sight is keen enough for what is…

— Ivan Panin

To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes,…

— Ivan Panin

“Foe every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.For…

— Ivan Panin

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail…

— Ivan Panin

The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of…

— Ivan Panin

If you must hate a man for the many things about which you disagree, remember that you should also love him for…

— Ivan Panin

As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused; so…

— Ivan Panin

The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth.

— Ivan Panin

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

— Ivan Panin

Men's eyes are in their heads; women's, in their hearts.

— Ivan Panin

The best excuse is to have none.

— Ivan Panin

Life is not meant to be hard: if it is, we make it so.

— Ivan Panin

From the moment we expect gratitude, we forfeit it.

— Ivan Panin

Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.

— Ivan Panin

It needs as much generosity to take as to give.

— Ivan Panin

The best life is that which makes the best of life.

— Ivan Panin

Experience, if we only learn by it, is cheap at any price.

— Ivan Panin

The danger from lightning is gone when the thunder is heard, and the worst is over when misfortune has arrived.

— Ivan Panin

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

— Ivan Panin

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.

— Ivan Panin

For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache.

— Ivan Panin

The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it.

— Ivan Panin

How adversity doth ope the eye! A moon can be seen by day as well as by night; but, to see the…

— Ivan Panin

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.

— Ivan Panin

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.

— Ivan Panin