What a delight it is to respect people!
ANTON CHEKHOVMan is what he believes.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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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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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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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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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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