Ivan Turgenev Quotes


Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.


Citations

Turgenev, Ivan. "Prayer." Poems in Prose, translated by Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1906.

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Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
  • Born: November 9, 1818
  • Died: September 3, 1883
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Writer, Poet, Translator

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.