Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Man is what he believes.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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