Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
ANTON CHEKHOVLying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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