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

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...

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.

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...

Man is what he believes.

Man is what he believes.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

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...

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,...

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...