Mikhail Lermontov Quotes about Heart

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

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

Heart, Decision, Feelings

I have a congenital desire to contradict; my whole life is merely a chain of sad and unsuccessful contradictions to heart and mind. When faced with enthusiasm, I am seized by a midwinter freeze, and I suppose that frequent dealings with sluggish phlegmatics would have made a passionate dreamer.

Mikhail Lermontov

Heart, Dreamer, Mind

A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.

Mikhail Lermontov

Heart, Strange, Humans

Mikhail Lermontov (2015). “A Hero of Our Time”, p.105, Xist Publishing

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 of narratives in words and on paper.

Mikhail Lermontov

Nature, Heart, Simple

Mikhail Lermontov (2015). “A Hero of Our Time”, p.32, Xist Publishing

I was lying, but I wanted to rouse him. I have an inborn urge to contradict; my whole life has been a mere chain of sad and futile opposition to the dictates of either heart or reason. The presence of an enthusiast makes me as cold as a midwinter's day, and, I believe, frequent association with a listless phlegmatic would make me an impassioned dreamer.

Mikhail Lermontov

Lying, Believe, Heart

Mikhail Lermontov Quotes about Heart

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