It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life..

Women can't forgive failure..

Write, write, write-till your fingers break..

In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit..

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass..

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything..

In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why..

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

I think that it would be less difficult to live eternally than to be deprived of sleep throughout life..

When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won't intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a ….

It is the writer's business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment..

I was so drunk the whole time that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles..

The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is..

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well..

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing..

Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is..

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning..

Not everyone knows how to be silent or to leave in good time. It happens that even people of good breeding fail to notice that their presence provoke….

When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace..

Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation..

You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the correc….