The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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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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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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