They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
ANTON CHEKHOVThis 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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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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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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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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