Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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