A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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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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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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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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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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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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