Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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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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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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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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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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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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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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