The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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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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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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