A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOVAny idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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