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.
ANTON CHEKHOVMoney, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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