Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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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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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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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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