Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn 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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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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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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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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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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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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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