Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm. Yevgeny Baratynsky There are no other quotes by this person in the Bon Mots database. Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Hope Hopelessness and despair Author Yevgeny Baratynsky Source Two Fates Medium Poem Language Russian Time 1823 1820s 19th century Occupation Poet Writer From Russia Europe Authentication Score 1 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation Baratynsky, Yevgeny. Two Fates. c. 1823. Citation text copied to clipboard.
Another quote from the 1820s In the desert there is all-and yet nothing…God is there and man is not. Honoré de Balzac La Comédie humaine Show More Info Read A Passion in the Desert at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic The desert Author Honoré de Balzac Source A Passion in the Desert La Comédie humaine Medium Novel Language French Time 1830 1820s 19th century Authentication Score 2 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Citation De Balzac, Honoré. "Une passion dans le desert [A Passion in the Desert]." Revue de Paris, 26 Dec. 1830. Citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info
Another quote originally in Russian Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain. Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov Show More Info Buy The Brothers Karamazov at Amazon Buy The Brothers Karamazov at Amazon Read The Brothers Karamazov at Project Gutenberg Instagram sharing coming soon. Quote text and source copied to clipboard. Link to this quote copied to clipboard. More information about this quote Topic Prophets Martyrs Author Fyodor Dostoevsky Source The Brothers Karamazov Medium Novel Language Russian Time 1880 1880s 19th century Authentication Score 2 More information on Authentication Score coming soon. Original Citation Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial. Original citation text copied to clipboard. Current Citation Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003. Current citation text copied to clipboard. Show Less Info