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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

Anton Chekhov

My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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Body Freedom Health Holy Human Intelligence Manifestation Talent Violence
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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Appreciation Fruit Learning Ourselves Time Tree
It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Easy Money Poor Wealth
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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Forget Future Important Serious Time Willing
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Answer Artist Question Role
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Clothes Himself Person Rate Soul Thinking
If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Life Love Myself Need Yourself
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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Appearance Character Impression Judgment Sign
Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Life Music Nature Oneself Reality
The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Conception Ourselves Perspective World
Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Authority Believe Lying Talk Yourself
When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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Born Eat Life Person Right Road Yourself
The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Easy Feeling Happiness Impossible Man Silence
Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Friendship Hate Love Respect
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Break Glass Light Moon Shine
All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Future Hope Past Saint Sin

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