He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
ANTON CHEKHOVBetter a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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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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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred 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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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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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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