What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
ANTON CHEKHOVWe shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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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.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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