Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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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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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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