My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
ANTON CHEKHOVThey say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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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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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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