Brevity – the sister of talent.
ANTON CHEKHOVAll saints have past and all sinners have a future.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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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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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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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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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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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