It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
ANTON CHEKHOVKnowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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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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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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