I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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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...

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

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

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

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must...

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must...

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.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans...

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans...

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob...

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob...

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.