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

“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

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

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

We are not men, but promises of men.

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— 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

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.

— Ivan Panin

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

— 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

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

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

— Ivan Panin

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

— Ivan Panin

The best excuse is to have none.

— Ivan Panin