Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others.
Mikhail LermontovHappy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.
Mikhail LermontovMy whole life has been merely a succession of miserable and unsuccessful denials of feelings or reason.
Mikhail LermontovIt is sad to see a young man's fondest hopes and dreams shattered when the rose-colured veil is plucked away and he sees the actions and feelings of men for what they are. But he still has the hope of replacing his old illusions with others, just as fleeting, but also just as sweet.
Mikhail Lermontov