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

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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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...

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.

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...

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

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...

To advise is not to compel.

To advise is not to compel.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

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.

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,...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.

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...

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

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...

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.