In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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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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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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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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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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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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