Brevity – the sister of talent.
ANTON CHEKHOVPerhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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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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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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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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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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