Le Paon Quotes

“They say the most intelligent people pay more attention when buying their boots than when choosing a lifelong companion.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“By watching him, one could verify the truthfulness of Francis Bacon’s statement about people who, thanks to their inclination toward philosophy, became veritable owls who could only see in the darkness of their own conclusion and remained blind in the light of reality, particularly when it came to seeing the obvious.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“I had an opportunity to plumb the depths of someone else’s soul and sense, alternatively, the scorching heat of its love and suffering and the icy cold of its terrible desperation.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“She gave in to the pride of a society beauty, and she became determined to become the best among the worst, whose circle she was entering”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“Boredom would bring on dreaminess, dreaminess would stir the restless imagination, and the restless imagination might paint any picture and cause just about anything.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“How do people marry? Good observers state human carelessness is never expressed anywhere to the same terrible degree as in the arrangement of marital unions.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“One can get very used to the life of nobility if fates allow, but the first order of business is for one to rely on himself.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock

“People retired from the world burn their candles here, even as they tirelessly pray for the world.”
― Nikolai Leskov, Peacock