The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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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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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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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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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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