The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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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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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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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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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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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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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Man is what he believes.
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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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