Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan is what he believes.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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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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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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