You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
ANTON CHEKHOVBe sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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