If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of...

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of...

The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors...

The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors...

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely...

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely...

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you...

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you...

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than...

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than...

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and...

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and...

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making...

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making...

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Man is what he believes.

Man is what he believes.

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting...

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting...

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the...

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the...

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are...

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are...

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith;...

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith;...

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be...

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be...

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than...

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than...

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that...

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that...