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… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“Yes, such has been my lot since childhood. Everyone read signs of non-existent evil traits in my features. But since they were expected to be there, they did make their appearance. Because I was reserved, they said I was sly,… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
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… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
In simple hearts the feeling for the beauty and grandeur of nature is a hundred-fold stronger and more vivid than in us, ecstatic composers… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before. — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“I have an unfortunate character; whether it is my upbringing that made me like that or God who created me so, I do not know. I know only that if I cause unhappiness to others, I myself am no less happy. I realize this is poor consolation for them - but the fact remains that it is so. In my… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share
Russian ladies, for the most part, cherish only Platonic love, without mingling any thought of matrimony with it; and Platonic love is exceedingly embarrassing. — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
What of it? If I die, I die. It will be no great loss to the world, and I am thoroughly bored with life.… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“Moja je pusta mladost protekla u borbi sa samim sobom i sa svijetom; bojeći se poruge, pokopao sam svoje najbolje osjećaje na dnu srca;… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
I am like a mariner born and bred on board a buccaneer brig whose soul has become so inured to storm and strife that… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“A childish feeling, I admit, but, when we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
I was lying, but I wanted to rouse him. I have an inborn urge to contradict; my whole life has been a mere chain… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
