It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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