The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier t... - Ivan Turgenev

This quote is attributed to Ivan Turgenev.

"The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the pinnacle of greatness, the stronger the opposition."

Ivan Turgenev Perseverance

Novelist Poet Russian 1818–1883

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