He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
ANTON CHEKHOVEvery person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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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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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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