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.
ANTON CHEKHOVLove, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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