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,… — 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
