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Quote by Mikhail Lermontov
The time of my dreams has passed; the time for believing is long gone; now I want material pleasures, happiness that I can touch, happiness that can be bought with gold.
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The speaker says that dreams and belief no longer satisfy them. They now want happiness in a physical, practical form—pleasures they can experience directly and obtain through money. The contrast between the past and the present shows a clear rejection of ideal hopes in favor of tangible, purchasable comfort.
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- Wikipedia, citing Lermontov’s letter to Maria Lopukhina, August 4, 1833
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