It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan will become better when you show him what he is like.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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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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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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