The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
ANTON CHEKHOVI can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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