There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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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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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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