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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

Anton Chekhov

For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Brain God Lunch Mouth Respect
If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Cure Myself Offering People Remedy Thinking
Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Feeling Knowledge Language Yourself
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Appreciation Fruit Learning Ourselves Time Tree
Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Money Person
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Break Glass Light Moon Shine
What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Choice Drink Fine Myself Weather
The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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Cruelty Ego Happiness People Seperate Understand Unity White
A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Follow Friendship Man Stage Woman
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Clothes Himself Person Rate Soul Thinking
Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Authority Believe Lying Talk Yourself
If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Life Love Myself Need Yourself
You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Artist Confusion Correct Obligation Problem Solve Yourself
When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Born Eat Life Person Right Road Yourself
Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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Appearance Character Impression Judgment Sign
If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Goal Greatness Happiness Life Meaning Ourselves Personal Wisdom

You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

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