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 CHEKHOVThere is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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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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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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Women can’t forgive failure.
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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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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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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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