Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontovwas a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also through his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 October 1814
CountryRussian Federation
An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.
In simple hearts the feeling for the beauty and grandeur of nature is a hundred-fold stronger and more vivid than in us, ecstatic composers of narratives in words and on paper.
Women love only those whom they do not know!
And I, as I lived, in an alien landWill die a slave and an orphan.
What is this eternity to me without you?What is the infinity of my domains?Empty ringing words,A spacious temple - without a divinity!
Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
For what did the creator prepare me,Why did he so terribly contradictThe hopes of my youth?...
I love enemies, though not in the Christian way. They amuse me, excite my blood. Being always on one’s guard, catching every glance, the significance of every word, guessing at intentions, frustrating their plots, pretending to be tricked, and suddenly, with a shove, upturning the whole enormous and arduously built edifice of their cunning and schemes—that’s what I call life.
One should never spurn a penitent criminal: in his despair he may become twice as much a criminal as before.
Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.
He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.