Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
ANTON CHEKHOVDoctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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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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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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