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“Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.”

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Anton Chekhov, born on January 29, 1860, was a prominent Russian physician and short story writer. His works are renowned for their profound psychological insights and critical portrayal of social realities. Chekhov's short stories have had a profound impact on literature both in Russia and around the world. more

“A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificiant by and by. The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take every bit of conceit out of a man and reduce his self-importance to zero if he will only remain within the influence of their sublime presence long enough to give it a fair and reasonable chance to do its work.”

Ifs Men Giving Feels Long Self Enough Able Together Bits Chance Company Influence Hard Work Fairs Importance Reasonable Zero Sublime Conceit Self-importance Glaciers Alps

Book:A Tramp Abroad

Source: A Tramp Abroad

“A mathematician's work is mostly a tangle of guesswork, analogy, wishful thinking and frustration, and proof, far from being the core of discovery, is more often than not a way of making sure that our minds are not playing tricks.”

Thinking Way Mind Science Hard Work Discovery Proof Core Tricks Frustration Mathematician Analogies Wishful Thinking Guesswork

Author:Gian-Carlo Rota

“According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. Well, Hubert Humphrey may have sinned in the eyes of God, as we all do, but according to those definitions of Gandhi's, it was Hubert Humphrey without sin.”

Source: Jimmy Carter

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