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.
ANTON CHEKHOVThey say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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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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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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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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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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