It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
ANTON CHEKHOVEven while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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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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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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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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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Man is what he believes.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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