A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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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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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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