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Anton Chekhov
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Medicine should be sweet, truth beautiful, and man has had this foolish habit since the days of Adam ...though, indeed, perhaps it is all natural, and ought to be so....There are many deceptions and delusions in nature that serve a purpose.†1 more

The prosecutor remembered two or three boys who had been expelled and their subsequent life, and could not help thinking that very often the punishment did a great deal more harm than the crime itself.†2 more

The living organism has the power of rapidly adapting itself, growing accustomed and inured to any atmosphere whatever, otherwise man would be bound to feel at every moment what an irrational basis there often is underlying his rational activity, and how little of established truth and certainty there is even in work so responsible and so terrible in its effects as that of the teacher, of the lawyer, of the writer.... And such light and discursive thoughts as visit the brain only when it is weary and resting began straying through Yevgeny Petrovitch's head;†

The living organism has the power of rapidly adapting itself, growing accustomed and inured to any atmosphere whatever, otherwise man would be bound to feel at every moment what an irrational basis there often is underlying his rational activity, and how little of established truth and certainty there is even in work so responsible and so terrible in its effects as that of the teacher, of the lawyer, of the writer….

The prosecutor remembered two or three boys who had been expelled and their subsequent life, and could not help thinking that very often the punishment did a great deal more harm than the crime itself.†

A nice task to devise a punishment for him!†

The living organism has the power of rapidly adapting itself, growing accustomed and inured to any atmosphere whatever, otherwise man would be bound to feel at every moment what an irrational basis there often is underlying his rational activity, and how little of established truth and certainty there is even in work so responsible and so terrible in its effects as that of the teacher, of the lawyer, of the writer.... And such light and discursive thoughts as visit the brain only when it is weary and resting began straying through Yevgeny Petrovitch's head;†

"Oh yes," Seryozha recollected, and his eyes smiled.†

The modern teacher, taking his stand on logic, tries to make the child form good principles, not from fear, nor from desire for distinction or reward, but consciously.†

Languidly linking one phrase on to another and imitating the language of the nursery, Bykovsky tried to explain to his son the meaning of property.†

The pacing of the man overhead who, to judge from his nervous step, was thinking of something harassing, or was suffering from toothache, and the monotonous scales gave the stillness of the evening a drowsiness that disposed to lazy reveries.†

This ending struck Yevgeny Petrovitch as absurd and naïve, but the whole story made an intense impression on Seryozha.†

"What have I done to you?" he asked in perplexity, blinking.†

The living organism has the power of rapidly adapting itself, growing accustomed and inured to any atmosphere whatever, otherwise man would be bound to feel at every moment what an irrational basis there often is underlying his rational activity, and how little of established truth and certainty there is even in work so responsible and so terrible in its effects as that of the teacher, of the lawyer, of the writer.... And such light and discursive thoughts as visit the brain only when it is weary and resting began straying through Yevgeny Petrovitch's head;†

Seryozha looked pensively at the lamp, touched the lamp-shade with his finger, and heaved a sigh.†1 more

You think it is not important, but at his age smoking is a bad and pernicious habit, and bad habits ought to be eradicated in the beginning.†

Seryozha was very fond of this improvisation, and the prosecutor noticed that the simpler and the less ingenious the plot, the stronger the impression it made on the child.†

Scenes, characters, and situations were taken at random, impromptu, and the plot and the moral came of itself as it were, with no plan on the part of the story-teller.†

His infirm and sick old father was left without anyone to help him.†

But we think too much, we are eaten up by logic....The more developed a man is, the more he reflects and gives himself up to subtleties, the more undecided and scrupulous he becomes, and the more timidity he shows in taking action.†