What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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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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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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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.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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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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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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