Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.
quote by Anton Chekhov
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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
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The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.
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Doctors are 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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A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.
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Doctors 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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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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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No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.
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A woman can only become a man’s friend in three stages: first, she’s an agreeable acquaintance, then a mistress, and only after that a friend.
Anton Chekhov in Uncle Vanya (1897)
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