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.
ANTON CHEKHOVAn artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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Women can’t forgive failure.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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