There are two men in me--one lives in the full sense of the word, the other reasons and passes judgment on the first. The first will perhaps take leave of you and the world forever in an hour now; and the second . . . the second?
Mikhail LermontovAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: russian
- Born: October 15, 1814
- Died: July 27, 1841
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