The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
ANTON CHEKHOVEverything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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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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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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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