Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt’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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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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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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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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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