Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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