Author of quotes: Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov

Your life will pass like youth.

Having reached this sad goal.

You created your own suffering.

The stupid state of a person is when he is forced to occupy himself in order to live, as the courtiers of old kings once did; be your own jester!... how not to despise yourself after that; not to lose the trust that I had in my soul... I’ll tell you one good thing: I finally realized that I was not fit for society, and now more than ever; Yesterday I was in one house NN, where, after sitting for 4 hours, I did not say a single worthwhile word; - I don’t have the key to their minds - perhaps, thank God!

Peace of hope to a kind heart.

They reasoned that the Muslim belief that a person’s fate is written in heaven also finds many admirers among us Christians.

I spare you descriptions of mountains, exclamations that express nothing, pictures that depict nothing, especially for those who have not been there, and statistical remarks that absolutely no one will read.

That’s the kind of man he was: whatever he thinks of, give it to him; Apparently he was spoiled by his mother as a child.

The legend, despite the inscription, is so ingrained that you really don’t know what to believe, especially since we are not used to believing inscriptions.

He won't change, he won't deceive.

In every book, the preface is the first and at the same time the last thing; it either serves as an explanation of the purpose of the essay, or as a justification and response to critics. But usually readers don’t care about the moral purpose or the magazine’s attacks, and therefore they don’t read the prefaces.

And mighty nobles...

The pen sometimes torments more than torture!

It's all experience, my friend!