The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere 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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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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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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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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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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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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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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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