# Quote — Ivan Turgenev, On the Eve

> 'There was a time,' Nikolai Artemyevitch resumed, 'when daughters did not allow themselves to look down on their parents—when the parental authority forced the disobedient to tremble. That time has passed, unhappily: so at least many persons imagine; but let me tell you, there are still laws which do not permit—do not permit—in fact there are still laws. I beg you to mark that: there are still laws——'

- Author: [Ivan Turgenev](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev.md)
- Book: [On the Eve](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ivan-turgenev/on-the-eve.md)
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