When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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