In people's eyes I read Pages of malice and sin. - Mikhail Lermontov

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In people's eyes I read Pages of malice and sin.

Mikhail Lermontov

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About Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (October 15, 1814 – July 27, 1841) was 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.

Also Known As

Pen Names: —въ • Ламвер • Гр. Диарбекир • Lerma

Native Name: Михаилъ Юрьевичъ Лермонтовъ • Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов

Alternative Names: Michail Jur'evič Lermontov • Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov • Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов • Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov • Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov • Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

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Additional quotes by Mikhail Lermontov

What good are the passions? For sooner or later their sweet sickness ends when reason speaks up;
And life, if surveyed with cold-blooded regard is stupid and empty — a joke.

And I, as I lived, in an alien land Will die a slave and an orphan.

To the earth I gave the earthly tribute Of love, hopes, good and evil; I am ready to begin another life, I am silent and wait: the time has come; I shall leave no brother in this world, And dark and cold embrace My tired soul; Like a premature fruit, deprived of sap, It withered in the storms of fate Under the burning sun of existence.