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.
ANTON CHEKHOVFor God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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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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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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