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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

Anton Chekhov

Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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Appearance Character Impression Judgment Sign
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Discipline Goodness People Precise
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Friendship Hate Love People Respect Unity
Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Death Life Myself See Thinking Tree Wind
It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Feeling Furniture Hard Pieces World
A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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Follow Friendship Man Stage Woman
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Knowledge Practice Value
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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Happiness Morning Myself Nature Night Sleep
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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Character Childhood Goodness Manner Notice
He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Afraid Fools Himself Thinking Writing
Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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Age Education Learning Time Wisdom
It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Easy Money Poor Wealth
Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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Adventure Beautiful Body Conscious Life Live Oneself
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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God Government Himself Return Right
Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Difference God People Philosophy Religious
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Clothes Himself Person Rate Soul Thinking

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