The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
ANTON CHEKHOVCalculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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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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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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