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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

Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Calculation Oneself Selfish
Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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Better Himself Man
My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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Body Freedom Health Holy Human Intelligence Manifestation Talent Violence
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Answer Artist Question Role
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Clothes Himself Person Rate Soul Thinking
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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Law Literature Medicine Myself Night Wife
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
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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Feeling Hard Time Thinking Understand
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
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
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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Break exchange Future Immortal Instrument Lost Prediction Strange Worth
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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Animal Growth Human Love Nature
I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Education Man Myself Regard Religious
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
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Knowledge Practice Value
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Believe Impossible Life People Trust Yourself

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