The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
ANTON CHEKHOVLying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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