A Quote by Anton Chekhov

There are in life conjunctions of circumstances when the reproach that we are not Voltaires is least of all appropriate.

Anton Chekhov

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Appropriate Circumstances Conjunctions Least Life Reproach

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Anton Chekhov
Russian - Dramatist
January 29, 1860 - July 15, 1904

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.

Catherine the Great

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.

Thucydides

A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it.

Joyce Meyer

Can there be any greater reproach than an idle learning? Learn to split wood, at least.

Henry David Thoreau

The circumstances of your life are neither good nor bad. They are appropriate to the needs of your soul. They may or may not be what your personality desires.

Gary Zukav

Thought of the incomprehensible sequence of changes and chances that make up a life, all the beauties and horrors and absurdities whose conjunctions create the uninterpretable and yet divinely significant pattern of human destiny.

Aldous Huxley

I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man.

Chuck Robb

You need to find the size of performance that's appropriate to the material, appropriate to the shot, or appropriate to the scene.

Jason Alexander

In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals).

Peter Singer

The quality of a person's life does not depend on the circumstances of his life as much as the attitude with which he faces those circumstances.

Javan

It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach.

Charles Horton Cooley

Vagabonding is about refusing to exile travel to some other, seemingly more appropriate, time of your life. Vagabonding is about taking control of your circumstances instead of passively waiting for them to decide your fate.

Rolf Potts

O you who reproach me, regarding my love, excuse me. From me to you if you do justice, you would not reproach me. My state (of love) has been expressed to you, (now) my secret is no longer concealed.

Busiri

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.

Albert Einstein

I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate.

John Edwards

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