A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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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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