I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
ANTON CHEKHOVI kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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