I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Man is what he believes.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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