People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
ANTON CHEKHOVThey say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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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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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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