You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou 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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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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