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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.

Anton Chekhov

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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Eyes God Goodness Judgment Success
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
What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Forget Future Important Serious Time Willing
I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Animal Horse Interval Myself Smell Understand
When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Action Grace Motion Oneself Person
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Happiness Notice People Summer Winter
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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Destruction Hate Small Vice World
All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Future Hope Past Saint Sin
There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Beautiful Different Love Person Poetry Touch
Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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Myself People Reading Short Work
Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Calculation Oneself Selfish
For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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Brain God Lunch Mouth Respect
I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Day End Expectation Myself Student
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
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
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Goodness Guest Humor Meet People Sincere Speed

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