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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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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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 wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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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’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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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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