Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
ANTON CHEKHOVI have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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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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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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