He had two lives: one, open, seen and known by all who cared to know, full of relative truth and of relative falsehood, exactly like the lives of his….

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him..

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does..

There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science..

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life..

It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich..

The people I am afraid of are the ones who look for tendentiousness between the lines and are determined to see me as either liberal or conservative.….

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things..

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our l….

What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won't seem important at all..

One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it..

Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms..

The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring..

He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist..

All I wanted was to say honestly to people: 'Have a look at yourselves and see how bad and dreary your lives are!' The important thing is that people….

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our l….

Ah, Caviar! I keep on eating it, but can never get my fill. Like olives. It's a lucky thing it's not salty..

Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is..

When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is..

Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few ….

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 happ….