Mikhail Lermontov

“Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although often neither of them admits it to himself.”

“A lonely sail is flashing white amidst the blue mist of the sea!...”

“And it is boring and it is sad, and there is no one to give a hand to.”

“Women love only those whom they do not know.”

“What is the use of knowing what will be? In this world, happiness is always fleeting.”

“The history of a human soul, even the smallest soul, is almost more curious and more useful than the history of a whole people.”

“I am like a sailor, born and bred on the deck of a pirate brig... whose soul has become accustomed to storms and battles.”

“Happiness is a saturated pride.”

“Evil begets evil.”

“To live is to burn, to be on fire.”

“My soul, I remember, from childhood years, sought for a wondrous dream.”

“What of it? If I die, I die. The loss to the world will not be great, and I myself am pretty well fed up with it.”

“No, I am not Byron, I am another.”

“I've entered my life, and I'm playing a role in it until the end, as other people do.”