Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
ANTON CHEKHOVAll saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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