Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Ivan Turgenev Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Russian Empire
  • Born: Nov 9, 1818
  • Died: Sep 3, 1883

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, was a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew. death

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? strength

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. sympathy

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