Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
ANTON CHEKHOVLying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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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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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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