Eugene Onegin ( without commentary )

XIII

But Lenski, having no desire, of course, to bear the bonds of marriage, wished cordially to strike up with Onegin 4 a close acquaintanceship. They got together; wave and stone, verse and prose, ice and flame, were not so different from one another. 8 At first, because of mutual disparity, they found each other dull; then liked each other; then met riding every day on horseback, 12 and soon became inseparable. Thus people-I'm the first to own it- out of do-nothingness are friends.