We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhat seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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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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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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