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.
ANTON CHEKHOVWrite only of what is important and eternal.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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