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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

Anton Chekhov

Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Life Music Nature Oneself Reality
Man is what he believes.
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Believe Himself Man
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Break Glass Light Moon Shine
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Animal Growth Human Love Nature
The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Conception Ourselves Perspective World
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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Cure Myself Offering People Remedy Thinking
Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Feeling Hard Time Thinking Understand
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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Better Enough Myself Reason Story
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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Brain God Lunch Mouth Respect
Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Love Oneself Relationship Remember
To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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Eyes God Goodness Judgment Success
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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Problem Question Simplicity Solution Solve
What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Choice Drink Fine Myself Weather
When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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Born Eat Life Person Right Road Yourself
A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Alone Mad Marriage Togetherness Woman
He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Afraid Fools Himself Thinking Writing

I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

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