We must name the eminent and fascinating Prince N. - once the vanquisher of female hearts all over Europe.
We are not in a mincing lady's boudoir; we are, as it were, two abstract beings in a balloon, who have met in order to speak out the truth.
We all have chance meetings with people, even with complete strangers, who interest us at first glance, suddenly, before a word is spoken.
Vorrei penetrare il suo segreto, vorrei che lei venisse da me e mi dicesse: Io ti amo, e se non è così, se questa follia non è pensabile, allora... allora che cosa desiderare? Forse so io stesso quel...
Very well, then there's an experiment, and the thing is proved; one cannot live and count each moment; say what you like, but one cannot.
Usted no es de los que pueden vivir sin ocupación: usted necesita trabajar, tener un objetivo y perseguirlo tenazmente.
Una conciencia demasiado clarividente es (se lo aseguro a ustedes) una enfermedad, una verdadera enfermedad.
U svakom slučaju, ako čovjek od civilizacije nije postao krvožedniji, postao je sigurno ružnije, ogavnije krvožedan nego prije. Prije je u krvoproliću gledao pravednost i mirne je savjesti tamanio kog...
Trong nước ta, cái gì cũng do tật lười sinh ra, kể cả những điều hay.
Trifles, trifles are what matter! Why, it's just such trifles that always ruin everything… .
To insects--sensual lust.
Those innocent eyes cut my soul like a razor...however, in a depraved man this, too, might be only a sensual attraction.
There is no more ceaseless or tormenting care for man, as long as he remains free, than to find someone to bow down to as soon as possible.
There is a crack in my soul, and I can hear it trembling, quivering, stirring deep inside me.
There exists no greater or more painful anxiety for a man who has freed himself from all religious bias, than how he shall soonest find a new object or idea to worship.
The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing but slavery and self-destruction!
The door from the next room suddenly opened with a timid, quiet creak, as if thus announcing the entrance of a very insignificant person...
Să nu-l învinuieşti, Vanea, mă întrerupse Nataşa, şi să nu râzi de el! Ar fi nedrept să-l judeci ca pe oricare altul. Că doar el nu-i ca alţii, ca mine, ori ca tine, de pildă. E încă un copil, a fost...
Stepan Trofimovich managed to touch the deepest strings in his friend's heart and to call forth in him the first, still uncertain sensation of that age-old, sacred anguish which the chosen soul, havin...
Sometimes you dream strange dreams, impossible and unnatural; you wake up and remember them clearly, and are surprised at a strange fact: you remember first of all that reason did not abandon you duri...