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.

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for...

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for...

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an...

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an...

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with...

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with...

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

To advise is not to compel.

To advise is not to compel.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion...

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion...

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think...

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think...

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken...

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken...

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

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...

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

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...

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare,...

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare,...