I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
ANTON CHEKHOVA woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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