There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Man is what he believes.
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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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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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