If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
ANTON CHEKHOVI don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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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 task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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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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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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