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

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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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 University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

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.

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.

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.

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...

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

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...

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

People dont notice whether its winter or summer when theyre happy.

People dont notice whether its winter or summer when theyre happy.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

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...