In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
ANTON CHEKHOVDoctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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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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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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