They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
ANTON CHEKHOVDoctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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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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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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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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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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