If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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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...

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...

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

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.

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.

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...

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;...

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.

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

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

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these...

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these...

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

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

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.

A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached...

A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached...

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...