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“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.”

Anton Chekhov · Happiness

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Anton Chekhov

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

Faith

Anton Chekhov

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

Fear

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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Peace

Anton Chekhov

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

Money