After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of being able to like such a stupid occupation.
After the doctor's departure ...
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.
The life of our class, of the wealthy and the learned, was not only repulsive to me but had lost all meaning. The sum of our action and thinking, of our science and art, all of it struck me as the overindulgences of a spoiled child.