The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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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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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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