Mikhail Lermontov Quotes

Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

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 considered inferior: I became envious. I was ready to love the whole world—none understood me: and I learned to hate.

my love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out

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, with a shove, upturning the whole enormous and arduously built edifice of their cunning and schemes"”that's what I call life.

Women love only those whom they do not know!