The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
ANTON CHEKHOVMedicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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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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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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