Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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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.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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