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Quote by Anton Chekhov
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. – Anton Chekhov

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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. – Anton Chekhov

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One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. – Anton Chekhov

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My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world. – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved. – Saint Francis de Sales

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When the entertainers of the Right arent declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, theyre pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call the Chicago way. – Thomas Frank

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes adversity not without many comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

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As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. – Cyril Connolly

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