Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
ANTON CHEKHOVEverything 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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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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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.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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