Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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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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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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