What was said with precision, like what was written, can no longer be cut with an axe.
The mind is an incomparably great faculty, but it is acquired only by victory over the passions.
The source of poetry is beauty.
The power of moral influence is above all powers.
See first whether you love others, and not whether others love you.
Through suffering and pain we are given a grain of wisdom, which is not found in books.
The theater is such a rostrum, from which a lot of good things can be said to the world.
The higher the great truths are, the more careful we must be with them: otherwise they will suddenly become commonplaces, and people no longer believe in commonplaces.
Folk songs are a history of a people, full of life, colors, truth, bright, which brings out its whole life.
The human heart is defenseless. And the defended one is devoid of light, and there are few hot coals in it, not enough even to warm our hands.
In important situations in a child's life, it is appropriate for the adult to be serious and amazed.
Everything that suddenly changes our lives is not accidental. It lies within ourselves and is only waiting for an external reason to express itself through action.
Where the weak hate, the strong kill.
If love is great, everything should be silent, all other considerations.
There is a limit to impressions and efforts.
Forgetting is sad, deceptive -
This we understand when death will come; Is it possible to forget Past joys, pleasures and sufferings? They remain imprinted in the soul forever.
People are stupidly gullible... All advertising in the world is based on three principles: "Good, lots and free." Therefore, it can be bad, little and expensive.
Sometimes we get younger, sometimes older.
Man holds power over the past, present and future.
You have to believe in the person you love; there is no greater proof of love. It is impossible to draw a line where foreboding ends and true love begins.
No deeper sea, no darker abyss.
Never be afraid to make mistakes - neither passions nor disappointments. Disappointment is a payment for something previously obtained, sometimes out of proportion, but be generous. To be afraid only to generalize the disappointment and cover everything with it. In this case, you will acquire the strength to resist the evil of life and correctly appreciate its good sides.
Loneliness is a cursed thing! This is what can kill a man.
The need for something extraordinary is probably the strongest after sleep, hunger and love.
The word sometimes kills.
Nowadays children don't play, they learn. They keep learning, learning, and they will never begin to live.
For man... sometimes a ghost of his own making is enough to solve the situation in any way, and then it is easier for him to die than to admit his mistake.
I don't know of a more ugly phenomenon than judging by "appearance". Among the chief imperfections of our way of thinking is the inability to go beyond the limits of appearance.
And if you are neither one thing, nor another, nor the third, you can be sure that you will be killed, only without too much haste.