Frases de Ivan Turgenev

„Um tão forte perfume de virtude é suspeito.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„Todos os sentimentos podem conduzir ao amor e à paixão. Todos: o ódio, a compaixão, a indiferença, a veneração, a amizade, o medo e até mesmo o desprezo. Sim, todos os sentimentos… excepto um: a gratidão. A gratidão é uma dívida: todo o homem paga as suas dívidas… mas o amor não é dinheiro.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„A piedade sem orgulho é coisa só de mulheres.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„Sem autenticidade, sem educação, sem liberdade no seu significado mais amplo - na relação consigo mesmo, com as próprias ideias pré-concebidas, até mesmo com o próprio povo e com a própria história - não se pode imaginar um artista verdadeiro; sem este ar não é possível respirar.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„Eu não compartilho a opinião de homem algum. Eu tenho a minha própria.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„Queres ser feliz? Aprende primeiro a sofrer.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„A felicidade de cada indivíduo funda-se na desgraça de alguns outros; o interesse e a comunidade de uns exigem as privações e a infelicidade dos outros.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„Não compartilho da opinião de ninguém. Eu tenho a minha.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„"What is Bazarov?" Arkady smiled. "Would you like me to tell you, uncle, what he really is?""Please do, nephew.""He is a nihilist!""What?" asked Nikolai Petrovich, while Pavel Petrovich lifted his knife in the air with a small piece of butter on the tip and remained motionless."He is a nihilist," repeated Arkady."A nihilist," said Nikolai Petrovich. "That comes from the Latin nihil, nothing, as far as I can judge; the word must mean a man who… who recognizes nothing?""Say — who respects nothing," interposed Pavel Petrovich and lowered his knife with the butter on it."Who regards everything from the critical point of view," said Arkady."Isn't that exactly the same thing?" asked Pavel Petrovich."No, it's not the same thing. A nihilist is a person who does not bow down to any authority, who does not accept any principle on faith, however much that principle may be revered.""Well, and is that good?" asked Pavel Petrovich. "That depends, uncle dear. For some it is good, for others very bad.""Indeed. Well, I see that's not in our line. We old-fashioned people think that without principles, taken as you say on faith, one can't take a step or even breathe. Vous avez changé tout cela; may God grant you health and a general's rank, and we shall be content to look on and admire your… what was the name?""Nihilists," said Arkady, pronouncing very distinctly."Yes, there used to be Hegelists and now there are nihilists. We shall see how you will manage to exist in the empty airless void; and now ring, please, brother Nikolai, it's time for me to drink my cocoa."“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Fonte: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 5.

„There was a time,' Nikolai Artemyevitch resumed, 'when daughters did not allow themselves to look down on their parents—when the parental authority forced the disobedient to tremble. That time has passed, unhappily: so at least many persons imagine; but let me tell you, there are still laws which do not permit—do not permit—in fact there are still laws. I beg you to mark that: there are still laws“

—  Ivan Turgenev, livro On the Eve

Fonte: On the Eve (1860), Ch. 30.

„Death is an old joke, but it comes like new to everyone.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Fonte: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 27.

„"Naturally," observed Nikolai Petrovich, "you were born here, so everything is bound to strike you with a special —""Really, Daddy, it makes absolutely no difference where a person is born.""Still —""No, it makes no difference at all."“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Fonte: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 3.

„For myself, I detest the fellow, and think him a charlatan. I am certain that, in spite of his frogs, he is making no real progress in physics.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Fonte: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 10.

„Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own."“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Fonte: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 13.