The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
ANTON CHEKHOVMoney, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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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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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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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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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