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.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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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