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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.

Anton Chekhov

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Believe Impossible Life People Trust Yourself
Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Money Person
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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Cure Myself Offering People Remedy Thinking
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Illusion Imagination Truth Worth
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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Live Love Myself Neck Stone
Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Authority Believe Lying Talk Yourself
Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Himself Interest Live Person Reality Secret
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
What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Choice Drink Fine Myself Weather
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Discipline Goodness People Precise
You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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Knowledge Life Myself Philosophy
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Answer Artist Question Role
The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Easy Feeling Happiness Impossible Man Silence
In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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Change Permanent Spirit Universe
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.
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Angry Answer Funny Heart Human Laughter Sincere Yourself
Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Love Oneself Relationship Remember

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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