Anton Chekhov: You ask “What is life?” That is the same as asking “What is a carrot?” A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more.

You ask “What is life?” That is the same as asking “What is a carrot?” A carrot — Anton Chekhov

You ask “What is life?” That is the same as asking “What is a carrot?” A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more.

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Как легко, доктор, быть философом на бумаге и как это трудно на деле! — Anton Chekhov
Beware of exquisite language. The language should be simple and elegant. — Anton Chekhov
You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you conf — Anton Chekhov
The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the — Anton Chekhov
If thou canst not give pleasure to all by thy deeds and thy knowledge Give it th — Friedrich Schiller
Wisdom, though richer than Peruvian mines, And sweeter than the sweet ambrosial — Edward Young
No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature. — Aristotle
Ce qu’on ne peut dire et ce qu’on ne peut taire, la musique l’exprime. — Victor Hugo
Thus he had a double thought: the one by which he acted as king, the other by wh — Blaise Pascal
They say: "In the long run truth will triumph;" but it is untrue. — Anton Chekhov
Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as — Thomas Gray
The whole world is jealous for this cause That God surpasseth the world in jealo — Rumi