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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Anton Chekhov

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Animal Growth Human Love Nature
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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Appreciation Fruit Learning Ourselves Time Tree
Women can’t forgive failure.
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Failure Forgiveness One Liner Woman
Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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Adventure Beautiful Body Conscious Life Live Oneself
Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Death Life Myself See Thinking Tree Wind
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
Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Forever Important One Liner Poet Writing
If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Death Drink Listening Myself
Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Action Discussion Hero Himself Mindset State
I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Education Man Myself Regard Religious
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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Follow Friendship Man Stage Woman
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
A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Dog Goodness Guilty Person
The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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God Government Himself Return Right
My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Author Beginning End Experience Lying Ourselves Story Writing
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Break Glass Light Moon Shine

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