Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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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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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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Man is what he believes.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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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 easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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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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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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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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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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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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