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Ivan Turgenev Quotes - Page 4

Illness isn't the only thing that spoils the appetite.

A Month in the Country Act IV (transl. Constance Garnett)

Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.

Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.561, Delphi Classics

He was the soul of politeness to everyone -- to some with a hint of aversion, to others with a hint of respect.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Richard Freeborn (1998). “Fathers and Sons”, p.72, Oxford University Press, USA

Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own.

Fathers and Sons ch. 13 (1862) (translation by Constance Garnett)

I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor's nature.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1983). “First love”, Viking Adult

It's all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1950). “The Borzoi Turgenev”

What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table.

Ivan Turgenev (2016). “Fathers and Sons”, p.84, Ivan Turgenev

A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1961). “Fathers and sons”, Signet Classics