Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
ANTON CHEKHOVThree o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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