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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

Anton Chekhov

I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Animal Elephant Failure Feeling Myself Notice
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Correction Problem Solve State Writing
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Boredom Depression Insult
Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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Better Himself Man
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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Feeling Heart Heart Broken Marvelous Myself Thinking
The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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Absolute Fiction Honesty Truth
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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Character Childhood Goodness Manner Notice
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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Born Eat Life Person Right Road Yourself
Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Authority Believe Lying Talk Yourself
There 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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Angry Answer Funny Heart Human Laughter Sincere Yourself
What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Forget Future Important Serious Time Willing
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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Live Love Myself Neck Stone
Doctors 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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Death Difference Doctor Lawyer Perspective Rob Yourself
Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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Beautiful Dignity Earth Exception Human Life Ourselves Purpose
Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Lose Love Reason Try Yourself
Brevity – the sister of talent.
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One Liner Talent

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