Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Man is what he believes.
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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.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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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.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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