There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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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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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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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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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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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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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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