Those who come a hundred or two hundred years after us will despise us for having lived our … - Anton Chekhov

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The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

Anton Chekhov

Those who come a hundred or two hundred years after us will despise us for having lived our lives so stupidly and tastelessly. Perhaps they'll find a means to be happy.

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Three o'clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can't sleep, I am so happy.

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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.

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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.

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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.

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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.

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The very discovery of the New world was the by-product of a dietary quest.

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Eric Hoffer

What merit there is in my thinking is derived from two peculiarities: (1) My inability to be familiar with anything. I simply can't take things for granted. (2) My endless patience. I assume that the only way to find an answer is to hang on long enough and keep groping.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson

I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.

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Oscar Wilde

Art creates an incomparable and unique effect, and, having done so, passes on to other things. Nature, upon the other hand, forgetting that that imitation can be made the sincerest form of insult, keeps on repeating this effect until we all become absolutely wearied of it.

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Joel Osteen

When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it. . . You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

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