The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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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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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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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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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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