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 CHEKHOVMan is what he believes.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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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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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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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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Man is what he believes.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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 expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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