Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
ANTON CHEKHOVThree 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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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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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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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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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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.
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