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.
ANTON CHEKHOVOh, 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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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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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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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 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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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